Transverse cracking and delamination in cross-ply gr/ep composites under dry, saturated and immersed fatigue

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-116

  Selvarathinam, Alex S ^a   Weitsman, Y Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Delamination; Fatigue; Fracture; Sea water effects

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER EFFECTS;

IMMERSED FATIGUE; TRANSVERSE CRACKING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032266264     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007572318272     Document Type: Article

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