The influence of crack trapping on the toughness of fiber reinforced composites

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1815-1833

  Xu, G ^a,c   Bower, A F ^b   Ortiz, M ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NUMERICAL METHODS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUGHENING;

CRACK BRIDGING; CRACK TRAPPING;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032180478     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(98)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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