Mixed-mode delamination fracture toughness of unidirectional glass/epoxy composites under fatigue loading

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 597-605

  Kenane, M ^a   Benzeggagh, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Crack growth rate; Empirical criterion; Fatigue; Glass epoxy; Mixed mode; Mode I; Mode II; Strain energy release rates

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ENERGY RELEASE RATE; UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031130395     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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