Characterization of Mode-I fracture of hybrid material interface bonds by contoured DCB specimens

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-192

  Davalos, Julio F ^a   Madabhusi Raman, Prabhu ^b   Qiao, Pizhong ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b Wisne Design   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond strength; Contoured double cantilever beam; Experimental specimen; FRP composites; Interfaces; Mode I fracture toughness; Wood

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ALGORITHMS; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN RATE;

CONTOURED DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAMS (CDCB); JACOBIAN DERIVATIVE METHOD (JDM); RAYLEIGH-RITZ METHOD;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYBRID SYSTEM; INTERFACE;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; TESTING, FRACTURE;

EID: 0031252088     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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