Cracking paths at the ply interface in a cross-ply laminate

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 437-445

  Hoiseth, Kjell ^a   Qu, Jianmin ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bimaterials; Crack path; Delamination; Interface crack; Laminate; Transverse cracks

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOADS (FORCES); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRESS;

BIMATERIALS; CROSS-PLY LAMINATES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0038147434     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(03)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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