Effect of stitching on Mode I strain energy release rate

Composite Structures

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Tsai, Gwo Chung ^a   Chen, Jun Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Delamination; Finite element method; Mode I energy release rate; Stitching

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHITE; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PARA-ARAMID FIBERS; STITCHING FIBERS;

STITCHING (METAL JOINING);

DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE FIBER; STITCH; STRAIN; STRENGTH;

EID: 11244336687     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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