Fatigue crack growth acceleration due to intermittent overstressing in adhesively bonded CFRP joints

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1175-1183

  Erpolat, S ^a   Ashcroft, I A ^a   Crocombe, A D ^b   Abdel Wahab, M M ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Fatigue; B. Fracture

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

BONDED COMPOSITE JOINTS; COHESIVE CRACKS; CRACK GROWTH ACCELERATION; POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 2942691782     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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