Effect of transverse cracking on stiffness reduction of hygrothermal aged cross-ply laminates

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1116-1123

  Bouazza, M ^a,b   Tounsi, A ^a   Benzair, A ^a   Adda bedia, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIDI BEL ABBES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BECHAR   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Cross ply laminates; Hygrothermal effect; Stiffness reduction; Stress perturbation function; Transverse cracking

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CROSS-PLY LAMINATES; HYGROTHERMAL EFFECT; STIFFNESS REDUCTION; STRESS PERTURBATION FUNCTION; TRANSVERSE CRACKING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

AGING OF MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33751521908     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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