Local stress concentration and the prediction of tensile failure in unidirectional composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1661-1672

  Mahiou, H ^a   Beakou A ^a  

^a Lab Rech Applic en Mecan Avancee   (France)

Author keywords

A. fibres; B. fracture; B. strength; C. crack; C. stress concentrations; Micromechanical models

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE PROPERTIES; VOLUME FRACTION;

BATDORF METHODOLOGY; MICROMECHANICAL MODELS; SHEAR LAG ANALYSIS; TENSILE FAILURE;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031394283     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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