Empirical model for stress ratio effect on fatigue delamination growth rate in composite laminates

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 597-604

  Andersons, J ^a   Hojo, M ^b   Ochiai, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delamination; Fatigue crack growth; Fatigue modelling; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRESSES;

DAMAGE ESTIMATION; FATIGUE MODELING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 1542505609     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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