Damage analysis in composite laminates by using an interface element

Advanced Composite Materials: The Official Journal of the Japan Society of Composite Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-21

  Aoki, Yuichiro ^a   Suemasu, Hiroshi ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohesive model; Composite laminates; Delamination; Finite element analysis; Interface element

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACES;

COHESIVE MODEL; DAMAGE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT CODE; IMPACT DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; INTERFACE ELEMENT;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0141460658     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855103322320347     Document Type: Article

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