Interlaminar fracture toughness: The long and winding road to standardization

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-62

  O'Brien, T Kevin ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; Fracture; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; DELAMINATION; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STANDARDS;

INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS (IFT); ROUND-ROBIN TESTS;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0031622801     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(97)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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