Effect of interphase on fibre-bridging toughness of a unidirectional FRP composite thin plate

Composite Structures

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 510-515

  Wu, Z Jack ^a   Davies, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre bridging; FRP composites; Interphase; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOUGHENING; TOUGHNESS;

CRACK SURFACE TRACTION; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS (FRP); FIBER-BRIDGING TOUGHNESS; INTERFACIAL SHEAR-LAG MODEL;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 16344377546     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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