Finite element modelling of damage development during longitudinal tensile loading of coated fibre composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1007-1012

  Jacobs, E ^a   Verpoest, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

B. strength; Coated fibre composites; Strain energy release rate

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACKS; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ELASTIC CONSTANT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL AXISYMMETRIC MODEL;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031623496     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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