Delamination of multidirectional composite laminates at 0°/θ° ply interfaces

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2427-2442

  Prombut, P ^a   Michel, L ^a   Lachaud, F ^a   Barrau, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Damage mechanics; Delamination; Mixed mode; Multidirectional

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; MIXED-MODE; MULTIDIRECTIONAL;

DELAMINATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 33747184501     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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