Progressive fracture of polymer matrix composite structures

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Chamis, C C ^a   Murthy, P L N ^a   Minnetyan, L ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYMERS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL PANELS;

COMPOSITE MECHANICS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; PROGRESSIVE FRACTURE; STRUCTURAL FRACTURE; DAMAGE; GUIDELINES; MONOLITHIC METALLIC MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE;

EID: 0030111961     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8442(96)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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