Micromechanical view of failure of the matrix in fibrous composite materials

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1041-1052

  Paris F ^a   Correa, E ^a   Canas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

B. Debonding; B. Interface; B. Matrix cracking; Boundary elements; C. Failure criterion

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACKS; FIBERS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

INTER-FIBRE FAILURE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CRACKING; DEBONDING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRESS; TESTING;

EID: 0037403413     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(03)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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