Measurement of energy release rates for delaminations in composite materials

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Perry Jr , K E ^a,b   McKelvie, J ^a,c  

^a SEM ^*

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Fracture mechanics; Interferometry; Moir interferometry; Test procedures

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MOIRE FRINGES; PHOTOMECHANICS; STANDARDS;

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; ELASTIC CONSTANT; END NOTCHED FLEXURE; ENERGY RELEASE RATES; MOIRE INTERFEROMETRY;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 0030107744     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02328698     Document Type: Article

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