Effect of fracture toughness properties on the crushing of flat composite plates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2317-2328

  Cauchi Savona, S ^a   Hogg, P J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Crashworthiness; B. Fracture toughness; B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESSES;

FLAT COMPOSITE PLATES; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTHS (ILSS); POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); SUSTAINED CRUSHING STRESS (SSCS);

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBER; INTERLAMINAR PROPERTY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TESTING; THERMOSETTING POLYMER; TOUGHNESS; WARP KNITTING;

EID: 33746232367     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.11.038     Document Type: Article

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