Delamination failure investigation for out-of-plane loading in laminates

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 2231-2238

  Christensen, Richard M ^a,b   Deteresa, Steven J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination failure; Failure criterion; Quasi isotropic laminates

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHARACTERIZATION; DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBERS;

DELAMINATION FAILURE; FAILURE CRITERION; QUASI-ISOTROPIC LAMINATES;

LAMINATES;

EID: 10944226913     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998304046431     Document Type: Article

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