Mode-I interlaminar fracture of carbon-epoxy cross-ply composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 679-686

  De Morais, A B ^a   De Moura, M F ^b   Marques, A T ^b   De Castro, P T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Fracture toughness; C. Delamination; C. Finite element analysis; C. Transverse cracking

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRAIN;

CORRECTED BEAM THEORY (CBT); CROSS-PLY COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CARBON FIBER; CRACKING; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; INTERLAMINAR PROPERTY; TESTING;

EID: 0036534675     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(01)00223-8     Document Type: Article

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