Assessment of initiation criteria used in interlaminar fracture tests of composites

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2615-2627

  de Morais, A B ^a   de Moura, M F S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

5 offset or maximum load; Crack initiation; Finite element analysis (FEA); Fracture toughness; Non linearity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM (DCB); END NOTCHED FLEXURE (ENF); NONLINEARITY;

FRACTURE TESTING;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 23844481428     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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