Composite interlaminar shear fracture toughness, GIIc: Shear measurement or sheer myth?

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1330, Issue , 1998, Pages 3-18

  O'Brien, T Kevin ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Fractures toughness; Interlaminar fracture toughness; Shear

Indexed keywords

EID: 11744364462     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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