Damage accumulation in woven-fabric CFRP laminates under tensile loading: Part 1. Observations of damage accumulation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-136

  Gao, F ^a   Boniface, L ^a   Ogin, S L ^a   Smith, P A ^a   Greaves, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Textile composites; B. Mechanical properties; C. Delamination; C. Transverse cracking

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; ELASTIC MODULI; POISSON RATIO; POLYIMIDES; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING;

DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; RESIDUAL STRAIN; TEXTILE COMPOSITE; TRANSVERSE CRACKING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBER; COMPOSITE; DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 0032900211     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00231-5     Document Type: Article

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