Fatigue fracture process in a model composite

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 657-666

  Botsis, J ^a,b   Zhao, D ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

BRIDGING ZONE; EPOXY MATRIX; FATIGUE FRACTURE; TRANSIENT PHASE;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0030643994     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(97)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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