Influence of porosity on the interlaminar shear strength of fibre-metal laminates

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 383, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-52

  Lopes, Cláudio S ^a   Remmers, Joris J C ^b   Gürdal, Zafer ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohesive elements; Delaminations; Fibre metal laminates; Fracture toughness; Glare; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; DELAMINATION; FIBERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLARE; INTERFACE STATES; LAMINATES; MANUFACTURE; METALS; POROSITY; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH;

CLASSICAL LAMINATION THEORY; COHESIVE ELEMENT; CONTINUUM ELEMENTS; DELAMINATION PROPAGATION; FIBRE METAL LAMINATES; INTER-LAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTHS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 49249112455     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.383.35     Document Type: Article

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