Fracture analysis of composite co-cured structural joints using decohesion elements

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 745-757

  Camanho, P P ^a   Davila, C G ^b   Pinho, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Co cured joints; Composite laminates; Debonding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEBONDING; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FITS AND TOLERANCES; FRACTURE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LAMINATED COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS;

COCURED JOINTS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT ANALYSIS METHOD; DAMAGE TOLERANT; DECOHESION ELEMENTS; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; SKIN STIFFENER DEBONDING;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 4143063548     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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