Simulation of crack growth in composite material shell stuctures

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2399-2417

  Charoenphan, S ^a   Plesha, M E ^a   Bank, L C ^b  

^a Engineering Research Building ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite material; Crack propagation; Energy crack growth criterion; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OSCILLATIONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ENERGY RESISTANCE; INTEGRAL ENERGY METHOD; SHELL STRUCTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRACKS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

COMPOSITE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 3843139629     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1051     Document Type: Article

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