Damage accumulation in quasi-isotropic graphite/epoxy laminates under constant-amplitude fatigue and block loading

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1535-1547

  Bartley Cho, Jonathan ^a   Gyu Lim, Seung ^a   Hahn, H Thomas ^a   Shyprykevich, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Block loading; Cumulative damage model; Graphite epoxy; Ply cracks; S N curve

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAPHITE; LOADS (FORCES); MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRESS;

BLOCK LOADING; CONSTANT AMPLITUDE FATIGUE LOADING; DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; PLY CRACKS; QUASI ISOTROPIC GRAPHITE EPOXY LAMINATES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032157484     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-3538(97)00214-5     Document Type: Article

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