Experimental determination of probabilistic edge-delamination strength of a graphite-fiber/epoxy composite

Composite Structures

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-108

  Wu, Xiang Fa ^a   Dzenis, Yuris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission (AE); Edge delamination; Edge delamination onset stress; Free edge stresses; Graphite fiber epoxy composite; Probabilistic strength; SEM fractographical analysis; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; DELAMINATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EDGE-DELAMINATION; FAILURE MODES; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SHEAR FAILURE;

THERMOSETS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

EID: 20444414509     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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