Cohesive zone with continuum damage properties for simulation of delamination development in fibre composites and failure of adhesive joints

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3866-3880

  Fan, Chengye ^a   Jar, P Y Ben ^a   Cheng, J J Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohesive zone; Damage material model; Delamination; FEM

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE JOINTS; CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COHESIVE ZONE; DAMAGE MATERIAL MODEL; MULTI-AXIAL-STRESS CRITERION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

ADHESIVE JOINTS; CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 44249095796     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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