Analysis of local delaminations caused by angle ply matrix cracks

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 418-440

  Salpekar, Satish A ^a   O'Brien, T Kevin ^b   Shivakumar, K N ^c  

^a ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANGLE PLY MATRIX CRACKS; EQUIVALENT DOMAIN INTEGRAL TECHNIQUE; GLOBAL ENERGY BALANCE TECHNIQUE; STACKING SEQUENCES; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUE;

PLASTIC LAMINATES;

EID: 0029776094     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839603000401     Document Type: Article

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