Constitutive relationships for laminates with ply cracks in in-plane loading

International Journal of Damage Mechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-259

  Lundmark, P ^a   Varna, J ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Intralaminar cracks; Laminate stiffness

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOELASTICITY;

HOMOGENIZATION; INTRALAMINAR CRACKS; LAMINATE STIFFNESS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 23344452749     PISSN: 10567895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056789505050355     Document Type: Article

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