Fatigue Failure Mechanism and Crack Growth in Foam Core Sandwich Composites under Flexural Loading

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-94

  Kulkarni, Nitin ^a   Mahfuz, Hassan ^a   Jeelani, Shaik ^a   Carlsson, Leif A ^b  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shear; Delamination and crack growth; Flexural fatigue; Sandwich composites

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FOAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

CORE SHEAR; FLEXURAL FATIGUE; SANDWICH COMPOSITES;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 0347968174     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684404029347     Document Type: Article

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