Predicting progressive delamination of stiffened fibre-composite panel and repaired sandwich panel by decohesion models

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 429-442

  Chen, Jiye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials and repairs; Delamination growth; Interface finite element; Interfacial decohesion models; Mixed damage scale

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REPAIR; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

DECOHESION MODELS; DELAMINATION GROWTH; MIXED DAMAGE SCALE;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 0036709643     PISSN: 08927057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892705702015005736     Document Type: Article

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