A numerical model for delamination growth simulation in non-crimp fabric composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 3345-3359

  Riccio, Aniello ^a   Zarrelli, M ^b   Tessitore, N ^a  

^a ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Textile composite; B. Modeling; C. Delamination; C. Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

CRACK CLOSURE; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN ENERGY;

MODIFIED VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUE; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT; STIFFNESS AVERAGING METHOD;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRIMP; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

EID: 35248875677     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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