Stress-ratio effect on mode II propagation of interlaminar fatigue cracks in graphite/epoxy composites

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1285, Issue , 1997, Pages 126-142

  Tanaka, Keisuke ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Crack propagation rate; Delamination; End loaded split; End notched flexture; Fatigue (materials); Fracture (materials); Fracture mechanics; Graphite epoxy; Mode II; Stress ratio

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FRACTURE; GRAPHITE; STRESSES;

END NOTCHED FLEXURE; GRAPHITE EPOXY LAMINATES; STRESS RATIO; END LOADED SPLIT; INTERLAMINAR FATIGUE CRACKS; STRESS RATIO EFFECT;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0030609345     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp19925s     Document Type: Article

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