Towards a Predictive design Methodology Based on the Physical Modelling of the fracture of Fiber Composites

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-94

  Spearing, S Mark ^a   Beaumont, Peter W R ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage; Design; Environment; Fatigue; Modelling; Notch strength; Prediction; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MODELS; STRESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CROSS PLY LAMINATES; FRACTURE STRESS; NOTCH STRENGTH; RESIDUAL STRENGTH;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0032021449     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008811721083     Document Type: Article

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