Influence of ply orientation on delamination in composite laminates

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Aerospace Division (Publication) AD

Volumn 52, Issue , 1996, Pages 51-60

  Tao, Jianxin ^a   Sun, C T ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DELAMINATION; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; TOUGHNESS;

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE; PLY ORIENTATION;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030409434     PISSN: 07334230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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