Caustic analysis of stress singularities in orthotropic composite materials with mode-I crack

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 917-924

  Yao, Xuefeng ^a   Chen, Junda ^a   Jin, Guanchang ^a   Arakawa, K ^b   Takahashi, K ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fracture; C. Crack; C. Stress concentration; D. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS; LOADING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CAUSTIC ANALYSIS; CRACK TIP; ORTHOTROPIC MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CRACKING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842634255     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(02)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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