A modified DCB sandwich specimen for measuring mixed-mode cohesive laws

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2514-2530

  Lundsgaard Larsen, Christian ^a   Sørensen, Bent F ^a   Berggreen, Christian ^a   Østergaard, Rasmus C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohesive law; DCB; J integral; Sandwich; Stiffening face

Indexed keywords

BARS (METAL); BENDING MOMENTS; CRACK TIPS; MECHANICAL TESTING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STEEL; STIFFNESS;

BENDING STIFFNESS; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM (DCB); MIXED-MODE COHESIVE LAWS; SANDWICH FACES; STEEL BARS; UNEVEN BENDING MOMENTS (UBM);

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

BARS (METAL); BENDING MOMENTS; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK TIPS; MECHANICAL TESTING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STEEL; STIFFNESS;

EID: 39149128258     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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