Experimental and numerical study of interface crack propagation in foam-cored sandwich beams

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-520

  Berggreen, C ^a   Simonsen, B C ^a   Borum, K K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bimaterials; Composite materials; Crack propagation; Debond damage; Fracture mechanics; Interfaces; Sandwich beams

Indexed keywords

DEBONDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

DEBOND DAMAGE; FOAM-CORED SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33846957398     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998306065285     Document Type: Article

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