Ply cracking and stiffness degradation in cross-ply laminates under biaxial extension, bending and thermal loading

Composite Structures

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 121-131

  Zhang, Daxu ^a   Ye, Jianqiao ^a   Lam, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cracks; Interlaminar stress; Laminate; Property degradation; State space; Thermal loading

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK INITIATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STIFFNESS; STRESSES; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL LOAD;

BIAXIAL EXTENSION; CROSS-PLY LAMINATES; INTERLAMINAR STRESS; TRANSVERSE PLY CRACKING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

CRACKING; DEGRADATION; INTERLAMINAR PROPERTY; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 33745741743     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.04.048     Document Type: Article

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