Flange delamination prediction in composite structures with ply waviness

AIAA journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 893-897

  Li, Jian ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLANGES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRAIN RATE;

COUPON LEVEL TEST DATA; PLY WAVINESS; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0034188415     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.1044     Document Type: Article

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