Energy criterion for modelling damage evolution in cross-ply composite laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2318-2324

  Katerelos, D T G ^a,b   Varna, J ^a   Galiotis, C ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Matrix cracking; C. Damage mechanics; C. Fracture mechanics; D. Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; UNLOADING;

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. MATRIX CRACKING; C. DAMAGE MECHANICS; C. FRACTURE MECHANICS; COMPOSITE LAMINATES; CRACK DENSITY; CRITICAL STRAIN ENERGY; CROSS-PLY; CROSS-PLY LAMINATES; D. RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; DISSIPATED ENERGY; ENERGY CRITERION; ENERGY-BASED APPROACH; MATRIX CRACKING;

LAMINATES;

COMPOSITE; CRACKING; FRACTURE; LAMINATE; LOADING (TESTING); STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 51849101655     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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