Interlaminar crack initiation and growth rate in a carbon-fibre epoxy composite under mode-I fatigue loading

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2325-2331

  Arguelles A ^a   Vina J ^a   Canteli, A F ^a   Castrillo, M A ^a   Bonhomme, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Parque Tecnológico de Asturias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite material; Delamination; Fatigue; Fracture

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PAINTING; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

A-CARBON; CARBON FIBRES; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASES; EPOXY COMPOSITES; EPOXY MATRICES; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; FATIGUE; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FRACTURE; INTERLAMINAR; NUMBER OF CYCLES; NUMBER-OF-CYCLES-TO-FAILURE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

CARBON FIBER; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; LOADING (TESTING); MORPHOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 51849161973     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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