A novel axisymmetric variational analysis of stress transfer into fibres through a partially debonded interface

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1863-1877

  Wu, W ^a   Verpoest, I ^a   Varna, Janis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Debonding; Fibre matrix bond; Finite element analysis; Interaction of debonded and bonded zones; Stress transfer

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

DEBONDING; STRESS TRANSFER;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE; MODEL;

EID: 0032468084     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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