Round robin analysis of GIc interlaminar fracture test

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 135-140

  Davies, P ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

DCB; Delamination; Initiation; Mode I; Scatter

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; LOADS (FORCES);

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM (DCB) TEST; LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVE; VARIATION COEFFICIENT;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0029770206     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00135051     Document Type: Article

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8. ISO standard 5725, Precision of Test Methods, 1989.