Experimental investigation of a strain-softening approach to predicting failure in notched fibre-reinforced composite laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-40

  Kongshavn, Ingrid ^a   Poursartip, Anoush ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. stress strain curves; C. damage mechanics; C. finite element analysis (FEA); Strain softening behaviour

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

NOTCHED FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE LAMINATES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STRAIN SOFTENING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LAMINATE; STRAIN;

EID: 0032956617     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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