Interlaminar fracture toughness of 3-D orthogonal interlocked fabric composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1261-1270

  Tanzawa, Yasuyo ^a   Watanabe, Naoyuki ^a   Ishikawa, Takashi ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D fabric composite; B. Fracture toughness; C. Fiber bridging; Mode I strain energy release rate; Tabbed DCB test

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRAIN; TEXTILE FIBERS; VOLUME FRACTION; YARN;

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM TEST; FRACTURE ENERGY; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERLOCKED FABRIC COMPOSITES; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATE; TEXTILE PARAMETERS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE; FABRIC; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; STRENGTH;

EID: 0032843962     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00167-5     Document Type: Article

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