Cohesive modeling of delamination in Z-pin reinforced composite laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 616-631

  Dantuluri, Venkata ^a   Maiti, Spandan ^a   Geubelle, Philippe H ^a   Patel, Rakesh ^a   Kilic, Hakan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

C. Delamination; Cohesive modeling; CVFE scheme; Double cantilever beam; Fracture toughness; Mode I failure; Z pin

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COHESIVE VOLUMETRIC FINITE ELEMENT; DISCRETE NONLINEAR SPRING ELEMENTS; Z-PIN REINFORCED COMPOSITE LAMINATES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; INTERLAMINAR PROPERTY; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 33845886954     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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