Numerical approach for predicting fracture failure in marine grade FRP composite joints

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages

  El Chiti, Fadi ^a   Lopez Anido, Roberto A ^b   Landis, Eric ^b   Thibodeau, Elisabeth ^b   Thompson, Lawrence ^c  

^a Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center

^b University of Maine   (United States)

^c Applied Thermal Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced polymer; Fracture failure; Virtual crack closure (VCC)

Indexed keywords

ANSYS SOFTWARES; AXIAL TENSIONS; BASE PLATES; COMPONENT LEVELS; DOUBLER PLATES; DOUBLERS; E-GLASS FIBERS; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER; FINITE ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FRACTURE FAILURE; FRP COMPOSITES; GLASS/VINYL ESTERS; INTERACTION CURVES; LOAD PREDICTIONS; MODE II; MODE-II FRACTURES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PLATE JOINTS; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATES; TENSILE LOADINGS; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE (VCC); WOVEN ROVINGS;

CRACK CLOSURE; CRACKS; ESTERS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; FRACTURE TESTING; GLASS FIBERS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC GLASS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRAIN ENERGY; STRAIN RATE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 57649106107     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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