Three-dimensional asymptotic stress field at the front of an unsymmetric bimaterial wedge associated with matrix cracking or fiber break

Composite Structures

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-263

  Chaudhuri, Reaz A ^a   Jack Chiu, Sou Hsiung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimaterial wedge; Composite; Fiber; Fiber break; Interfacial crack; Matrix; Matrix crack; Stress singularity; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CRACKS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

APERTURE ANGLE; BIMATERIAL WEDGE; FIBER BREAK; INTERFACIAL CRACK; MATRIX CRACK; SINGULAR STRESS FIELD;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; CRACKING; LOADING (TESTING); STRESS; TESTING INSTRUMENT;

EID: 33845194138     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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