Intralaminar fracture mechanism in unidirectional CFRP composites - part II: Analysis

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 747-764

  Iwamoto, Masaharu ^a   Ni, Qing Qing ^a   Fujiwara, Teruhiko ^b   Kurashiki, Ken ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bridging fiber; DCB specimen; Debonding force; Finite element analysis; Intralaminar fracture toughness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

DEBONDING FORCE; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAMS (DCB); INTRALAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ANALYSIS; CARBON FIBER; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE;

EID: 0342546013     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(99)00097-1     Document Type: Article

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