Crack face sliding effect on stiffness of laminates with ply cracks

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1444-1454

  Lundmark, Peter ^a   Varna, Janis ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Intralaminar cracks; Laminate stiffness; Sliding displacements

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS;

CRACK FACE OPENING DISPLACEMENT; CRACK FACE SLIDING DISPLACEMENT; IN-PLANE LOADING; MICROMECHANICAL PARAMETERS; PLY CRACKS; POWER LAW;

LAMINATES;

CRACKING; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STIFFNESS;

EID: 33646553037     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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