Progressive debonding of aligned oblate inclusions and loss of stiffness in a brittle matrix composite

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 897-910

  Baney, J M ^a,b   Zhao, Y H ^a,c   Weng, G J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; INCLUSIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BRITTLE MATRIX COMPOSITES; OBLATE INCLUSIONS; PROGRESSIVE DEBONDING; TRIAXIAL TENSION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0030129063     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(95)00211-1     Document Type: Article

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