Experimental characterization of microscopic damage behavior in carbon/bismaleimide composite - Effects of temperature and laminate configuration

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1529-1538

  Kobayashi, Satoshi ^a   Takeda, Nobuo ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. Transverse cracking; C. Damage mechanics; Microscopic damage

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; LAMINATES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRESSES; TENSILE PROPERTIES; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DAMAGE MECHANICS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0036880839     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(02)00174-4     Document Type: Article

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