Delamination characteristics of double-cantilever beam and end-notched flexure composite specimens

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-459

  Sun, C T ^a   Zheng, S ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; Double cantilever beam specimen; End notched flexure specimen; Strain energy release rate

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN RATE;

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM (DCB); END NOTCHED FLEXURE (ENF); STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATE;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0030124814     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(96)00001-2     Document Type: Article

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