Evaluation of the mechanical and damage behaviour of tufted non crimped fabric composites using full field measurements

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-138

  Colin de Verdiere, M ^a   Pickett, A K ^b   Skordos, A A ^a   Witzel, V ^b  

^a School of Applied Sciences Cranfield ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Delamination; B. Mechanical properties; C. Damage mechanics

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DELAMINATION; FABRICS; LOADING; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; STEEL SHEET; STIFFNESS;

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); AXIAL DIRECTIONS; B. DELAMINATION; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIAS DIRECTIONS; C. DAMAGE MECHANICS; COMPRESSION AND TENSIONS; CYCLIC LOADING EXPERIMENTS; DAMAGE BEHAVIOURS; DAMAGE DEVELOPMENTS; DAMAGE DISTRIBUTIONS; DAMAGE MAPS; DAMAGE PROGRESSIONS; DELAMINATION RESISTANCES; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION METHODS; FABRIC COMPOSITES; FAILURE LOADS; FULL-FIELD MEASUREMENTS; IN PLANES; MECHANICAL RESPONSES; SHEAR DIRECTIONS; STRAIN FIELDS; TENSION AND COMPRESSIONS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; COMPRESSION; CRIMP; DELAMINATION; FABRIC PROPERTY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; TENSION; TUFTING;

EID: 57749106571     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.08.025     Document Type: Article

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