Measurement of micro stress fields in epoxy matrix around a fibre using phase-stepping automated photoelasticity

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1783-1787

  Zhao, Fangming ^a   Hayes, Simon A ^a   Patterson, Eann A ^a   Young, Robert J ^b   Jones, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Debonding; C. Stress transfer; C. Transverse crack; Photoelastic analysis

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DEBONDING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTOELASTICITY; POLARISCOPES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MICRO STRESS FIELDS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

DEBONDING; EPOXY RESIN; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MATRIX; STRESS;

EID: 0041767331     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(03)00131-3     Document Type: Article

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