Effects of damage thresholds on stresses in composite laminates under transverse impact

Composite Structures

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 61-67

  Jiang, Dazhi ^a   Shu, Dongwei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Damage threshold; Finite element method; Laminated plates; Stress distribution; Transverse impact

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DAMAGE THRESHOLD; DAMAGE VARIABLES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMPACT; LAMINATE; STRESS;

EID: 4143103467     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.04.022     Document Type: Article

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