DCB Testing of thermoplastic composites: A non-linear micro-macro numerical analysis

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 437-450

  Dubois, F ^a   Keunings, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DCB tests; Finite elements; Micro macro analysis; Thermoplastic matrix; Toughness

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DOUBLE BEAM CANTILEVER (DCB); NONLINEAR MICRO MACRO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

THERMOPLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED; MATRIXES; STRESS/STRAIN PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTIC FIBRES;

EID: 0031126551     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(96)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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