Stiffness degradation in cross-ply laminates damaged by transverse cracking and splitting

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 335-351

  Kashtalyan, M ^a   Soutis, C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CROSS PLY COMPOSITE LAMINATES; IN SITU DAMAGE EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONS; STIFFNESS DEGRADATION;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033885057     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(99)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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