An experimental study of failure mechanisms in laminates with dropped plies

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1527-1531

  Xing, Y M ^a   Yun, H ^b   Dai, F L ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Inner Mongolia Polytechnic University   (China)

Author keywords

C. Laminates; D. Moir technique; Dropped ply

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; TENSILE STRESS;

DROPPED PLY; MOIRE INTERFEROMETRY; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRESS COMPONENTS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033177861     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00003-2     Document Type: Article

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