A study of transverse ply cracking using a discrete element method

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2003, Pages 608-619

  Wittel, Falk K ^a   Kun, Ferenc ^b   Kröplin, Bernd H ^a   Herrmann, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Composites; Damage evolution; Discrete element; Failure criterion; Fracture

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LATTICE CONSTANTS;

DAMAGE EVOLUTION;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 0142217189     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2003.08.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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