Mode I fatigue delamination growth in GFRP woven laminates at low temperatures

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2080-2090

  Shindo, Yasuhide ^a   Inamoto, Akihiro ^a   Narita, Fumio ^a   Horiguchi, Katsumi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic or delta J; Delamination; Fatigue crack growth; Fracture mechanics; Polymer matrix composite

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYOGENICS; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOAD TESTING; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM SPECIMENS; FATIGUE DELAMINATION GROWTH; LIQUID HELIUM TEMPERATURE; LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURE;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYOGENICS; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LOAD TESTING; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33745665387     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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