Numerical and experimental investigation of a composite ENF-specimen

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 405-433

  Schön, Joakim ^b   Nyman, Tonny ^a,c   Blom, Anders ^b,c   Ansell, Hans ^a  

^a SAAB AB   (Sweden)

^b Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerospace vehicles; Delamination; Fibre reinforced materials; Finite element analysis; Toughness testing

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH;

DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FRICTION; GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACECRAFT;

END NOTCH FLEXURE (ENF);

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0034145050     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(99)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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