Opening-mode interlaminar fracture toughness of interply hybrid composite materials

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1861-1869

  Hwang, Shun Fa ^a   Shen, Bon Cherng ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C. Delamination; Double cantilever beam; Interlaminar fracture toughness; Interply hybrid composite; Opening mode

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; MATERIAL FORMS AND STATES; MEASUREMENT;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBERS;

HYBRID COMPOSITES;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

DELAMINATION; FRACTURE; INTERLAMINAR PROPERTY; MEASURING; OPENING;

EID: 0032721995     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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