Damage modeling of laminated composites by the use of multilayer volume elements

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 891-905

  Nguyen, Ba Nghiep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEADY FLOW; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

MULTILAYER VOLUME ELEMENTS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITES, LAMINATED; DAMAGE; FIBRE/MATRIX INTERFACE;

EID: 0345337431     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00196-6     Document Type: Article

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