Impact and high strain rate delamination characteristics of carbon fibre epoxy composites

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-29

  Sohn, M S ^a   Hu, X Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION MECHANISMS; DELAMINATION RESISTANCE; DELAMINATION TOUGHNESS MEASUREMENT; IMPACT; KEVLAR FIBRES; STEEL BARS; CARBON FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITES; DYNAMIC DELAMINATION TOUGHNESS MEASUREMENT; IMPACT ENERGY DISSIPATION;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEEL; STRAIN RATE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT RESISTANCE;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 0030111959     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8442(96)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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