Prediction of delamination growth under cyclic loading

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1285, Issue , 1997, Pages 162-178

  Krüger, Ronald ^a   König, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Delamination buckling; Delamination growth; Energy release rate; Fatigue (materials); Fracture (materials); Mixed mode failure; Paris law; Three dimensional finite element analysis; Virtual crack closure method

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE; STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CYCLIC LOADING; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; PARIS LAW DIAGRAM; DELAMINATION GROWTH; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; END NOTCHED FLEXURE; PARIS LAW; TRANSVERSE CRACK TENSION;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 0030609346     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp19927s     Document Type: Article

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