Crack branching in cross-ply composites: An experimental study

Composite Structures

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 333-344

  La Saponara, Valeria ^a   Kardomateas, George A ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching; Cross ply; Delamination; Double cantilever beam; Glass epoxy; Graphite epoxy; Kinking; Mixed mode bending; Smoothing design

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; GLASS; GRAPHITE; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

SMOOTHING TECHNIQUES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CRACKING; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0035423563     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(01)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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