A non-classical, energy release rate based approach for predicting delamination growth in graphite reinforced laminated polymeric composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1479-1496

  Davidson, Barry D ^a   Bialaszewski, Ryan D ^a   Sainath, Satish S ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Fracture toughness; B. Interface; C. Crack; C. Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DELAMINATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAMINATED COMPOSITES; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; THERMOPLASTICS; TOUGHNESS;

GRAPHITE REINFORCED LAMINATED POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE; DELAMINATION; MATRIX; POLYMER; PREDICTION;

EID: 33646582337     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.10.031     Document Type: Article

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