Experimental and numerical study of the open-hole tensile strength of carbon/epoxy composites

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 269-278

  O'Higgins, R M ^a   Padhi, G S ^a   McCarthy, M A ^a   McCarthy, C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Experiments; Failure; High strength composites; Notched strength; Prediction

Indexed keywords

FAILURE; HIGH-STRENGTH COMPOSITES; NOTCHED STRENGTH; OPEN-HOLE TENSION TESTS; PREDICTION;

BOLTED JOINTS; CARBON; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COSTS; DILATOMETERS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTICS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 4444376939     PISSN: 01915665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MOCM.0000039744.98869.0d     Document Type: Article

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