Characterization of tensile damage progress in stitched CFRP laminates

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

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-244

  Yoshimura, Akinori ^a   Yashiro, Shigeki ^b   Okabe, Tomonaga ^c   Takeda, Nobuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Damage; Damage extension simulation; Delamination; Finite element analysis; Stitched laminate composite; Tensile test; Transverse crack

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STITCHING (METAL JOINING); TENSILE TESTING;

DAMAGE EXTENSION SIMULATION; STITCHED LAMINATE COMPOSITE; TRANSVERSE CRACKS;

LAMINATES;

EID: 34547946208     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855107781393740     Document Type: Article

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