Computational structural analysis and testing: An approach to understand delamination growth

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 120-121, Issue , 1996, Pages 181-202

  Kruger R ^a   Rinderknecht, S ^a   Hansel C ^a   Konig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delamination Buckling; Delamination Growth; Energy Release Rate; Finite Element Analysis; Mixed Mode Failure; Moir Interferometry

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFEROMETRY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED TEST; DELAMINATION GROWTH; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; MIXED-MODE FAILURE; MOIRE INTERFEROMETRY;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 5544220983     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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