Mixed-Mode Delamination - Experimental and Numerical Studies

Strain

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Warrior, N A ^a   Pickett, A K ^b   Lourenco N S F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Delamination; Finite element; Fracture; Mixed mode

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GLASS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAMINATED COMPOSITES; POLYESTERS; STIFFNESS; TOUGHNESS;

BONDED STRUCTURES; POLYMER COMPOSITES;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 0346272671     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1305.2003.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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