A study of the propagation of an embedded crack in a composite laminate of finite thickness

Composite Structures

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 473-479

  Yang, Taoling ^a   Liu, Yunbo ^a   Wang, Liu J ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite laminate; Embedded crack; Transverse crack; Tunneling crack

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; STRESSES;

EMBEDDED CRACKS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE;

EID: 0037357389     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00284-2     Document Type: Article

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