Failure locus of fiber-reinforced composites under transverse compression and out-of-plane shear

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 829-839

  Totry, Essam ^a   González, Carlos ^a   LLorca, Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Mechanical properties; B. Modeling; C. Failure criterion

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

FAILURE CRITERION; FAILURE LOCUS; OUT-OF-PLANE SHEAR; TRANSVERSE COMPRESSION;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CARBON FIBER; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; EPOXY RESIN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRENGTH; STRESS;

EID: 38649096664     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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