Progressive failure modeling in notched cross-ply fibrous composites

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-74

  Kwon, Y W ^a   Craugh, L E ^a  

^a Naval Postgraduate School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Damage and failure; Delamination; Fiber splitting; Fibrous composite; Finite element method; Micromechanics; Transverse matrix cracking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FIBER SPLITTING; MICROLEVEL ANALYSIS; TENSILE IN PLANE LOADING; TRANSVERSE MATRIX CRACKING;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0035089723     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008909000755     Document Type: Article

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