Numerical simulation of tensile damage evolution in FRP cross-ply laminates

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, A Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part A

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1254-1261

  Okabe, Tomonaga ^a   Nishikawa, Masaaki ^b   Takeda, Nobuo ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Composite material; Crack propagation; Cross ply laminate; Finite element method; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

COHENIVE ZONE MODEL (CZM); COHESIVE ELEMENTS; CROSS PLY LAMINATE; TRANSVERSE CRACKS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 33750683613     PISSN: 03875008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaia.72.1254     Document Type: Article

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