Subsonic and intersonic dynamic crack growth in unidirectional composites

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

Volumn 235, Issue , 1999, Pages 75-86

  Coker, Demirkan ^a   Rosakis, Ares J ^a   Huang, Yonggang Y ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMICS; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; INTERFEROMETRY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR WAVES; SHOCK WAVES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ONE POINT BEND CONFIGURATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE SPEED; SHEARING INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUE;

GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0033298568     PISSN: 01608835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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