The estimate of the effect of z-pins on the strain release rate, fracture and fatigue in a composite co-cured z-pinned double cantilever beam

Composite Structures

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-63

  Byrd, Larry W ^a   Birman, Victor ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack; Double cantilever beam; Fatigue; Fracture; Z pinned joint

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; EXTRAPOLATION; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRAIN RATE;

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAMS (DCB); STRAIN ENERGY; VOLUME FRACTIONS; Z-PINS;

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

COMPOSITE; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; STRAIN;

EID: 10944274047     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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