Matrix crack-induced delamination in composite laminates under transverse loading

Composite Structures

Volumn 38, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 661-666

  Wang, J ^a   Karihaloo, B L ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAPHITE FIBERS; IMPACT TESTING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

TENSILE STRESSES; TRANSVERSE IMPACT LOADING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; LAMINATES; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031133927     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(97)00103-7     Document Type: Article

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