Analysis of a novel DCB specimen for stitched texile composites

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2000-G, Issue , 2000, Pages 51-55

  Chen, Leishan ^a   Sankar, Bhavani V ^a   Ifju, Peter G ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

CRACK LENGTH; DCB SPECIMEN; EQUATIONS OF EQUILIBRIA; GRAPHITE EPOXY; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE; INTERLAMINAR STRENGTH; MODE I FRACTURE; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATE; TRANSVERSE DEFLECTION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0043130882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2000-2154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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