Unified fatigue failure criterion for unidirectional laminates

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-118

  Petermann, J ^a   Plumtree, A ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MICROSTRAIN; MICROSTRESS; UNIDIRECTIONAL FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0035196617     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(00)00099-3     Document Type: Article

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