Charpy impact tests on composite structures - An experimental and numerical investigation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2391-2400

  Hufenbach, W ^a   Ibraim, F Marques ^a   Langkamp, A ^a   Bohm R ^a   Hornig, A ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Composites; B. Impact behaviour; C. Damage mechanics; C. Finite element analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; EXPERIMENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; IMPACT TESTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

A. COMPOSITES; B. IMPACT BEHAVIOUR; C. DAMAGE MECHANICS; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); NUMERICAL MODELLING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CARBON FIBER; DAMAGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STIFFNESS;

EID: 51649094556     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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