A finite element model for delamination propagation in composites

Computers and Structures

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1093-1104

  Hitchings, D ^a   Robinson, P ^a   Javidrad, F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BROYDEN UPDATE METHOD; DELAMINATION PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; GENERALIZED SECANT METHOD; NONLINEAR FUNCTION; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATE CRITERION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0030190666     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7949(95)00326-6     Document Type: Article

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