Global buckling behaviour and local damage propagation in composite plates with embedded delaminations

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-20

  Tafreshi, Azam ^a   Oswald, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buckling analysis; Composites; Delamination; Finite element method; Laminated plates

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

LAMINATE STACKING;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE; DELAMINATION; PLATE;

EID: 0037450306     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(02)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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