Simulation of delamination in composites under high-cycle fatigue

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2270-2282

  Turon, A ^a   Costa, J ^a   Camanho, P P ^b   Davila C G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B. Delamination; B. Fatigue; Cohesive elements

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CURVE FITTING; DELAMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COHESIVE ELEMENTS; DAMAGE VARIABLE; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 35548929392     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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