Modelling of fatigue crack tunneling and delamination in layered composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1722-1733

  Suiker, Akke S J ^a   Fleck, Norman A ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Fibres; A. Laminates; B. Fracture; B. Stress concentrations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CYCLIC STRESS; FIBRE-METAL LAMINATES; LAYERED COMPOSITES; PLANE-STRAIN DELAMINATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33748750596     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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