An approach to evaluate the impact damage initiation and propagation in composite plates

Composites Part B:Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 513-520

  Luo, R K ^a   Green, E R ^b   Morrison, C J ^b  

^a Trelleborg Industrial AVS ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. fibres; B. strength; C. finite element analysis; Impact damage

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPACT TESTING; STRESSES;

IMPACT DAMAGE;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0034887661     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(01)00031-2     Document Type: Article

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