Modeling progressive damage accumulation in thin walled composite beams for rotor blade applications

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2337-2349

  Pawar, Prashant M ^a   Ganguli, Ranjan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

B. Debonding delamination; B. Fiber breakage; B. Matrix cracking; B. Mechanical properties; C. Damage tolerance

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACKS; DEBONDING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DELAMINATION; HELICOPTER ROTORS; LAMINATES; STIFFNESS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; TORSIONAL STRESS;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FIBER BREAKAGE; MATRIX CRACKING;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BLADE; COMPOSITE; CRACKING; DAMAGE; DEBONDING; DELAMINATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ROTOR; STIFFNESS;

EID: 33746078458     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.11.033     Document Type: Article

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