Investigations of delamination criticality and the transferability of growth criteria

Composite Structures

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 221-247

  Olsson, R ^a   Thesken, J C ^b   Brandt, F ^a   Jonsson N ^c   Nilsson, S ^a  

^a Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden   (Sweden)

^b Semcon AB   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; BUCKLING; DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SANDWICH STRUCTURES; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; DELAMINATION GROWTH; INTERLAMINAR TOUGHNESS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; DELAMINATION;

EID: 0030288514     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(96)00079-7     Document Type: Article

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