A new approach to the analysis of unidirectional titanium matrix composites with bridge and unbridged cracks

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 711-726

  Herrmann, D J ^a   Hillberry, B M ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FIBER REINFORCED METALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENT; SHEAR LAG THEORY; TITANIUM MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CRACKS;

EID: 0031096639     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(95)00165-4     Document Type: Article

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