Applicability of the crack tip element analysis for damage prediction of composite T-joints

Composite Structures

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 61-68

  Dharmawan, F ^a   Li, H C H ^a   Herszberg, I ^b   John, S ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Limited ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Crack tip element (CTE); Damage prediction; Finite element (FE); Linear elastic fracture mechanic (LEFM); T joint

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; FORECASTING; INDUSTRY; PIGMENTS; PIPE JOINTS;

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; CRACK-TIP ELEMENTS; CURRENT MODELING; DAMAGE PREDICTIONS; MARINE INDUSTRIES; POLYMERIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS; T-JOINTS;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY;

AEROSPACE TEXTILE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LAMINATE; MARINE TEXTILE; POLYMER; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRESS;

EID: 46749098528     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.03.030     Document Type: Article

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