Mode II delamination toughness of z-pinned laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 1937-1945

  Yan, Wenyi ^a,b   Liu, Hong Yuan ^a   Mai, Yiu Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

B. Fracture (delamination) toughness; C. Computational simulation; C. Delamination; C. Laminates; Z pin reinforcement

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR STRESS; TOUGHNESS;

DELAMINATION TOUGHNESS; ENERGY RELEASE RATES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

LAMINATE;

EID: 3042799366     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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