Damage progression by the element-failure method (EFM) and strain invariant failure theory (SIFT)

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 935-944

  Tay, T E ^a   Tan, S H N ^a   Tan, V B C ^a   Gosse, J H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; Progressive damage

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

CRACK TIPS; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; ELEMENT-FAILURE METHOD (EFM); STRAIN INVARIANT FAILURE THEORY (SIFT);

STRAIN;

DAMAGE; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; STRAIN;

EID: 13744263219     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.10.022     Document Type: Article

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