Damage in NCF composites under tension: Effect of layer stacking sequence

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2666-2682

  Mattsson, David ^a   Joffe, Roberts ^a   Varna, Janis ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bundle failure; Damage accumulation; FEM; Non crimp fabric composites; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRESS;

CROSS-PLY COMPOSITES; NON-CRIMP FABRIC COMPOSITES; STACKING SEQUENCE; STIFFNESS REDUCTION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

DELAMINATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 40649092359     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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