A shear-lag approach to the early stage of interfacial failure in the fiber direction in notched two-dimensional unidirectional composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 775-785

  Ochiai, Shojiro ^a   Hojo, Masaki ^a   Schulte, Karl ^b   Fiedler, Bodo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

B. debonding; B. interface; C. damage mechanics; C. notch; Unidirectional composite

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ENERGY RELEASE RATE; INTERFACIAL FAILURE; LONGITUDINAL DEBONDING; NOTCH; SHEAR LAG APPROACH; UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031194517     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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