A novel numerical delamination growth initiation approach for the preliminary design of damage tolerant composite structures

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1939-1960

  Riccio, Aniello ^a   Gigliotti, Marco ^a  

^a ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buckling; Composites; Delamination; Energy release rate; Preliminary design

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE;

DELAMINATION PROPAGATION; PRELIMINARY DESIGN;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 35348813913     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998307069908     Document Type: Article

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