Measurement of the in-plane shear strengths of unidirectional composites with the iosipescu test

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1653-1660

  Pierron, Fabrice ^a   Vautrin, Alain ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

In plane shear; Iosipescu test; Shear failure; Shear strength; Unidirectional composites

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS;

IN PLANE SHEAR STRENGTHS; IOSIPESCU TEST; PARASITIC TRANSVERSE COMPRESSIVE STRESS; SHEAR FAILURE; UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITES CARBON-FIBRE/EPOXY REINFORCED; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 0031395196     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00099-7     Document Type: Article

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