2-D biaxial testing and failure predictions of IM7/977-2 carbon/epoxy quasi-isotropic laminates

Composite Structures

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 60-66

  Welsh, Jeffry S ^a   Mayes, J Steven ^b   Biskner, Adam C ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSA ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Biaxial testing; Composite failure predictions; Composites testing; Multi axial testing

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; TENSILE STRESS;

BIAXIAL TESTING; COMPOSITE FAILURE PREDICTIONS; COMPOSITES TESTING; MULTI-AXIAL TESTING; MULTI-CONTINUUM THEORY;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

BIAXIAL LOADING; COMPOSITE; DAMAGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; STRESS; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745924449     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.04.049     Document Type: Article

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