Modeling of facesheet crack growth in titanium-graphite hybrid laminates, Part I

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 775-798

  Burianek, D A ^a   Giannakopoulos, A E ^b   Spearing, S M ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack bridging; Fatigue crack growth; Hybrid laminates; Titanium graphite hybrid laminates; Virtual crack closure

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LAMINATES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUES (VCCT);

CRACK PROPAGATION;

MODELING;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODEL; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037380559     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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