Nonlinear viscoelastic stress singularities near free edges of unsymmetrically laminated composites

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3221-3237

  Yi, Sung ^a   Ahmad, M Fouad ^b   Hilton, Harry H ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOADS (FORCES); STRAIN; STRESS RELAXATION; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY;

INTERLAMINAR STRESSES; STRESS SYMMETRIC CONDITIONS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032132184     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(98)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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