On the delamination and debond suppression in structural joints by Z-fibre pinning

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1107-1115

  Allegri, G ^a   Zhang, X ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. 3 Dimensional reinforcement; Adhesively bonded joints; B. Damage tolerance; B. Debonding; C. Finite element analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBONDING; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LOADING;

3-DIMENSIONAL REINFORCEMENT; ADHESIVELY BONDED JOINTS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; NOVEL CRUCIFORM JOINT; T-JOINT; Z-FIBER PINNING;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 33846226019     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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