Fracture of double beam specimens containing 90-degree plies

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 120-121, Issue , 1996, Pages 347-360

  Fish, J C ^a   Malaznik, S D ^a  

^a Acoustics Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Double Cantilever Beam; Finite Element Analysis; Fracture; Strain Energy Release Rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRAIN RATE;

90-DEGREE PLIES; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; MID-PLANE; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATE;

FRACTURE TESTING;

EID: 0029710126     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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