Effects of fibre debonding and sliding on the fracture behaviour of fibre-reinforced composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1313-1323

  Zhang, Xi ^a,b   Liu, Hong Yuan ^c   Mai, Yiu Wing ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fracture toughness; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); Modelling

Indexed keywords

FIBRE DEBONDING; INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMC); SLIDING OF FRACTURE BEHAVIOR;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRACK INITIATION; DEBONDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 4444257230     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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