Compression and post-buckling damage growth and collapse analysis of flat composite stiffened panels

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 3150-3160

  Orifici, Adrian C ^a,b   de Zarate Alberdi, Iñigo Ortiz ^c   Thomson, Rodney S ^b   Bayandor, Javid ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures ^*  (Australia)

^c AERNNOVA Engineering Solutions Structural Integrity Department R and D Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

B. Debonding; C. Buckling; C. Damage mechanics; C. Delamination; C. Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CRACK CLOSURE; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DATA COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DEGRADATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MACHINE DESIGN; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SKIN;

B. DEBONDING; C. BUCKLING; C. DAMAGE MECHANICS; C. DELAMINATION; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; DAMAGE; DELAMINATION; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 55649088003     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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