Effect of stacking sequence on delamination toughness and delamination growth behavior in composite end-notched flexure specimens

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1274, Issue , 1996, Pages 393-413

  Davidson, Barry D ^a   Altonen, Craig S ^a   Polaha, Jonathan J ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Delamination; Design; End notched flexure; Energy release rate; Fracture; Fracture toughness; Graphite epoxy; Mode II; Testing

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; DESIGN; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GEOMETRY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATERIALS TESTING; RESIDUAL STRESSES; THERMAL STRESS;

CLASSICAL PLATE THEORY; COMPOSITE END NOTCHED FLEXURE SPECIMENS; CRITICAL STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATE; DELAMINATION GROWTH BEHAVIOR; DELAMINATION TOUGHNESS; END NOTCHED FLEXURE; GEOMETRIC NONLINEARITIES; GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITE; LOAD DEFLECTION TEST; STACKING SEQUENCE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030205914     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16556s     Document Type: Article

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