Determining stress intensity factors of composites using crack opening displacement

Composite Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 614-621

  Ju, S H ^a   Liu, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite; Computer image; Crack opening displacement; Digital camera; Experiment; Finite element method; Least squares method; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRACK TIPS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENT; MIXED-MODE STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CALCULATION; COMPOSITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKING; DIGITAL METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 34250697121     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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