Analysis of composite skin-stiffener debond specimens using a shell/3D modeling technique

Composite Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-59

  Krueger, Ronald ^a   Minguet, Pierre J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Fracture mechanics; Skin stiffener debonding; Virtual crack closure technique

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CRACK CLOSURE; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN ENERGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DELAMINATION FRONT; SKIN-STIFFENER; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

BENDING; COMPOSITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; TENSION;

EID: 34250691581     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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