Singular stresses of cracked woven glass-epoxy laminates at cryogenic temperatures

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 501-508

  Sanada, Kazuaki ^a   Shindo, Yasuhide ^a   Ueda, Sei ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack; Cryomechanics; Finite element method; Stress intensity factor; Woven glass epoxy laminate

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; CRYOGENICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THERMOANALYSIS;

GLASS-EPOXY LAMINATES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032010457     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00140-9     Document Type: Article

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