Development of a finite-element analysis methodology for the propagation of delaminations in composite structures

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-28

  Orifici, A C ^a   Thomson, R S ^b   Degenhardt, R ^c   Bisagni, C ^d   Bayandor, J ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Advanced Composite Structures Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delamination; Double cantilever beam; Propagation modelling; Virtual crack closure technique

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAMS; INTERLAMINAR CRACKING; MULTIPLE-POINT CONSTRAINTS (MPC); PROPAGATION MODELING; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUE (VCCT);

CANTILEVER BEAMS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEGRADATION; DELAMINATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 34147186652     PISSN: 01915665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11029-007-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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