Fracture statistics modeling of laminate composites

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2505-2521

  Baxevanakis, Constantin ^a   Jeulin, Dominique ^a   Lebon, Béachlé ^a   Renard, Jacques ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESSES;

FRACTURE STATISTIC MODELING; STATISTICAL VOLUME ELEMENT; TRANSVERSE FRACTURE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0344301877     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(97)00147-9     Document Type: Article

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