Interface toughness in fibre composites by the fragmentation test

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 9 PART A, 1996, Pages 769-773

  Detassis, M ^a   Frydman, E ^a   Vrieling, D ^a   Zhou, X F ^a   Wagner, H D ^a   Nairn, J A ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance model; Fragmentation test; Interfacial debonding

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; GEOMETRY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING;

BALANCE MODEL; FIBRE COMPOSITES; FRAGMENTATION TEST; INTERFACE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACIAL DEBONDING; TRANSVERSE FIBRE BREAK;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 0029717113     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-835X(96)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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