A micro-mechanics damage approach for fatigue of composite materials

Composite Structures

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-422

  Abdelal, G F ^a   Caceres, A ^b   Barbero, E J ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Damage; Fatigue; Micro mechanics; Periodic microstructure; Strain concentration; Stress concentration

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADING; POLYMERS;

MICRO MECHANICS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

DAMAGE; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036624404     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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