Size effect of cohesive delamination fracture triggered by sandwich skin wrinkling

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1134-1141

  Bažant, Zdeněk ^a   Grassl, Peter ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE DELAMINATION FRACTURE; SANDWICH SKIN WRINKLING; SIZE EFFECTS; STRENGTH THEORY;

DELAMINATION; LAMINATES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 38049110418     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2722778     Document Type: Article

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