Evaluation of failure behavior of transversely loaded unidirectional model composites

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-243

  Foster, Dean C ^a   Tandon, G P ^b   Zoghi, M ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Cruciform specimen; Fiber matrix debonds; Transverse failure

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; STRAIN; STRESSES;

CRUCIFORM SPECIMEN; FAILURE INITIATION; FIBER-MATRIX DEBONDS; HIGH MAGNIFICATION MICROSCOPE CAMERAS; TRANSVERSE FAILURE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CAMERAS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; STRAIN; STRESSES;

EID: 33745936791     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-006-6413-9     Document Type: Article

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