Stiffness degradation resulting from 90° ply cracking in angle-ply composite laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1543-1552

  Pradhan, B ^a   Venu Kumar, N ^a   Rao, N S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Angle ply laminates; C. Transversing cracks; Fibre angle; Finite element method; Stiffness degradation

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; DEGRADATION; EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS; STIFFNESS; VOLUME CONTROL (SPATIAL);

ANGLE PLY COMPOSITE LAMINATES; FIBRE ORIENTATION ANGLES; TRANSVERSE CRACK;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033177745     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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