Effect of stacking sequence on energy release rate distributions in multidirectional DCB and ENF specimens

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 557-569

  Davidson, B D ^a   Kruger R ^b   Konig M ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COUPLINGS; DATA PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

ENERGY RELEASE RATE DISTRIBUTION; STACKING SEQUENCE;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0030286964     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(96)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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