An experimental investigation of stiffness reduction and cracks geometry in a unidirectional brittle matrix composite

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 282-308

  Baste, Stephane ^a   El Bouazzaoui, Rachid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Ceramic matrix; Cracks geometry; Damage; Microcracking; Ultrasonic NDE

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRITTLENESS; CRACK INITIATION; DETERIORATION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MICROCRACKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STIFFNESS; TENSILE TESTING; TENSORS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ANISOTROPIC DAMAGE TENSOR; BRITTLE MATRIX COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE DETERIORATION; CRACK DENSITY PARAMETER; CRACK GEOMETRY; DAMAGE; DISTRIBUTED SLIT CRACK; STIFFNESS REDUCTION; STIFFNESS TENSOR COEFFICIENTS; STRESS STRAIN CURVE;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0029775468     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839603000301     Document Type: Article

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