Finite element simulation of delamination with application to crashworthy design

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-281

  Fleming, David C ^a   Morrow, Clint ^a,b   Clarke, Charles W ^c   Bird, Connie E ^d  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b Procter and Gamble Company   (United States)

^c SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CRUSHING; DELAMINATION; FRACTURE TESTING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

COHESIVE ZONE MODELS; CRASH ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT CODE; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURES; LS-DYNA;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 50549094227     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.53.267     Document Type: Article

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