Mode I intra-laminar crack growth in composites - modelling of R-curves from measured bridging laws

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Jacobsen, T K ^a   Sorensen B F ^b  

^a LM WIND POWER   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CURVE FITTING; DELAMINATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES; R-CURVE MODELING;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0035200469     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(00)00139-1     Document Type: Article

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