Evaluations of effective crack growth and residual strength of fibre-reinforced metal laminates with a sharp notch

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1079-1088

  Afaghi Khatibi, Akbar ^a   Ye, Lin ^a   Mai, Yiu Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effective crack growth; Fibre reinforced metal laminates; Notch size; Residual strength; Stable crack growth

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOTCHED BAR TENSILE TESTING; RESIDUAL STRESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS;

COHESIVE STRESS; EFFECTIVE CRACK GROWTH MODEL (ECGM); FRACTURE ENERGY;

FIBER REINFORCED METALS;

COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; LAMINATES;

EID: 0030238330     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(96)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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