Effect of z-pins on fracture in composite cocured double cantilever beams

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-59

  Birman, Victor ^a   Byrd, Larry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beams, cantilever; Deformation; Fractures; Joints; Toughness

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAMS (DCB); FATIGUE RESISTANCE; RAYLEIGH-RITZ SOLUTION; STRAIN ENERGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRAIN;

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

EID: 12344270171     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2005)18:1(51)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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