Damage initiation under transverse loading of unidirectional composites with arbitrarily distributed fibers

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 673-682

  Bulsara, V N ^a   Talreja, R ^b   Qu, J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Interfacial debonds; Radial matrix cracks; RVE; Spatial descriptors; Transverse damage initiation

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING;

REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); THERMAL COOLDOWN; UNIDIRECTIONAL FIBER COMPOSITES;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ANALYSIS; CROSS SECTION; DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; STRENGTH; TESTING;

EID: 0033117545     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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