A comparison of the predictive capabilities of current failure theories for composite laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1225-1254

  Soden, P D ^a   Hinton, M J ^b   Kaddour, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIAXIAL FAILURE THEORY;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; THERMAL STRESS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; STRESS/STRAIN CURVES; TESTING, FAILURE; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032125290     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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