Damage progression in open-hole tension laminates by the SIFT-EFM approach

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 971-992

  Tay, T E ^a   Liu, G ^a   Tan, V B C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Element failure method (EFM); Nodal force modification; Open hole tension; Progressive damage; Strain invariant failure theory (SIFT)

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ELEMENT FAILURE METHOD (EFM); NODAL FORCE MODIFICATION; OPEN-HOLE TENSION; PROGRESSIVE DAMAGES; STRAIN INVARIANT FAILURE THEORY (SIFT);

LAMINATES;

EID: 33744787651     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998305056386     Document Type: Article

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