Simulating damage growth in a [90/0]s composite laminate using quasi-two-dimensional finite element methods

Composite Structures

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-236

  McLaughlin, Philip V D ^a   Santhanam, Sridhar ^a  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Crack; Damage; Delaminations; Laminate

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DAMAGE GROWTH;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

CRACKING; DAMAGE; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLYING;

EID: 0036839178     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00055-7     Document Type: Article

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