Static and fatigue interlaminar tensile characterization of laminated composites

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1285, Issue , 1997, Pages 516-530

  Koudela, Kevin L ^a   Strait, Larry H ^a   Caiazzo, Anthony A ^a   Gipple, Karin L ^b  

^a State College   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Curved beam specimens; Delamination; Fatigue (materials); Fracture (materials); Interlaminar tensile strength; Spool specimens

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHARACTERIZATION; DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING;

CURVED BEAM SPECIMEN; INTERLAMINAR TENSILE STRENGTH; SPOOL SPECIMEN; TENSION-TENSION FATIGUE TEST; CURVED BEAM SPECIMENS; SPOOL SPECIMENS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030609367     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp19945s     Document Type: Article

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