The effect of strain rate on the interlaminar shear strength of a carbon/epoxy cross-ply laminate: Comparison between experiment and numerical prediction

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 749-758

  Hallett, S R ^a   Ruiz, C ^a   Harding, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. Delamination; Carbon epoxy; ILSS; Impact; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; CARBON; DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CARBON/EPOXY CROSS-PLY LAMINATE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033106622     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00117-1     Document Type: Article

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