A Comparison of Transverse Cracking Phenomena in (0/90)s and (90/0)s CFRP Laminates

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-23

  Smith, P A ^a   Boniface, L ^a   Glass, N F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack density; Crossply laminates; Defects; Fracture mechanics; Surface 90 ply cracking

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; DEFECTS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRACK DENSITY; CROSSPLY LAMINATES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031678426     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008847528988     Document Type: Review

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