High-cycle fatigue characteristics of quasi-isotropic CFRP laminates

Advanced Composite Materials: The Official Journal of the Japan Society of Composite Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-166

  Hosoi, Atsushi ^a   Arao, Yoshihiko ^a   Karasawa, Hirokazu ^b   Kawada, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delamination; Energy release rate; High cycle fatigue; Polymer matrix composites; Transverse cracking

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUE; POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES; TRANSVERSE CRACKING;

LAMINATES;

EID: 34547935758     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855107780918964     Document Type: Article

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