Homogenized mechanical behavior of composite micro-structures including micro-cracking and contact evolution

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-208

  Greco, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composites; Contact; Crack growth; Finite element analysis; J integral; Micromechanics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROMECHANICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRACTION (FRICTION);

COMPOSITES; CONTACT; CRACK GROWTH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; J-INTEGRAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITES; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; GROWTH; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REINFORCEMENT; TRACTION;

EID: 58049111928     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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