Effect of particle distribution on initial cracks forming from notch tips of composites with hard particles embedded in a soft matrix

Composites Part B:Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-208

  Kwon, Y W ^a   Liu, C T ^b  

^a Naval Postgraduate School ^*  (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. Finite element analysis (FEA); C. Micro mechanics; Particle distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0035050949     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(00)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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