An appropriate stiffness degradation parameter to monitor fatigue damage evolution in composites

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-427

  Tang, Rui ^a   Guo, Ya Jun ^a,b   Weitsman, Y J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite laminates; Damage characterization and evolution; Longitudinal and torsional stiffnesses

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORSIONAL STRESS;

DAMAGE CHARACTERIZATION AND EVOLUTION; LONGITUDNAL AND TORSIONAL STIFFNESSES;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0742303111     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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