The determination of Mode III fracture toughness in thick composite laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 489-499

  Liao, W C ^a   Sun, C T ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective shear moduli; Mode III fracture toughness; Shear anisotropy factor; Thick composite laminate; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

EFFECTIVE SHEAR MODULI; SHEAR ANISOTROPY FACTOR; THICK COMPOSITE LAMINATES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030124795     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(96)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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