Dependence of Intralaminar Fracture Toughness on Direction of Crack Propagation in Unidirectional Composites

Journal of Composites Technology and Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-99

  Hansen, Ulrich ^a   Gillespie Jr , John W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Center for Composite Materials   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Crack tip geometry; Fracture toughness; Orthotropy; R curve

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; POLYIMIDES;

FRACTURE SURFACE; INTRALAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032049414     PISSN: 08846804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/ctr10049j     Document Type: Article

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