An experimental study of impact-induced failure events in homogeneous layered materials using dynamic photoelasticity and high-speed photography

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-288

  Xu, L Roy ^a   Rosakis, Ares J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic photoelasticity; High speed photography; Impact failure; Interfacial bonding; Layered materials

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; PHOTOELASTICITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

LAYERED MATERIALS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038695854     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-8166(02)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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