A mixed-mode failure criterion derived from tests on symmetric and asymmetric specimens

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 609-619

  Ducept, F ^a   Gamby, D ^b   Davies, P ^c  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fracture toughness; C. Failure criterion; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); D. Acoustic emission

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BEAM THEORY; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAMS (DCB); END-NOTCHED FLEXURE (ENF); MIXED-MODE BENDING (MMB); MIXED-MODE PARTITIONING; MODIFIED CRACK CLOSURE INTEGRAL (MCCI);

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBER;

EID: 0033103627     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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