Tests and analysis on the delamination fatigue growth in glass/epoxy composite plates

37th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structure, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 2567-2577

  Pelegri, Assimina A ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GRA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; GLASS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN;

ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; DELAMINATION GROWTH; DELAMINATION LENGTH; FATIGUE DELAMINATION; GLASS/EPOXY COMPOSITE; RELATIVE THICKNESS; TESTS AND ANALYSIS;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ENERGY RELEASE RATES; GLASS EPOXY COMPOSITE PLATES; MODE MIXITY;

EID: 0029698998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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