On the behaviour of the residual strain produced by matrix cracking in cross-ply laminates

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1425-1432

  Bassam, F ^a   Boniface, L ^a   Jones, K ^a   Ogin, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross ply laminates; Matrix cracking; Residual strain

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN;

CROSS-PLY LAMINATES; RESIDUAL STRAIN;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031622101     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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