A simplified beam analysis of the end notched flexure mode II delamination specimen

Composite Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 271-278

  Ding, W ^a   Kortschot, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL TESTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE;

CRACK TIP DEFORMATION; ELASTIC SHEAR SPRING FOUNDATION; END NOTCHED FLEXURE MODE;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BEAM; CRACKING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TESTING;

EID: 0033180617     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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