Stiffness degradation induced by multilayer intralaminar cracking in composite laminates

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 683-706

  Zhang, Junqian ^a   Herrmann, K P ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS;

EQUIVALENT CONSTRAINT MODEL; IN SITU DAMAGE EFFECTIVE FUNCTION; MULTILAYER MATRIX CRACKING;

LAMINATES;

EID: 0032673160     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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