A shear-lag analysis of transverse cracking and delamination in cross-ply carbon-fibre/epoxy composites under dry, saturated and immersed fatigue conditions

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2115-2123

  Selvarathinam, Alex S ^a   Weitsman, Y Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRACK DENSITY; CROSS PLY; EPOXY COMPOSITES; SHEAR LAG ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE CRACKING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

ANALYSIS; CARBON FIBER; CRACKING; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

EID: 0033231234     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-3538(99)00069-x     Document Type: Article

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