The onset of mixed-mode intralaminar cracking in a cross-ply composite laminate

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 549-556

  Andersons, J ^a   Sparnins E ^a   Joffe, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Intralaminar cracking; Laminates; Mixed mode loading; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; GLASS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATES; NUMBER THEORY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CRACKING CRITERIA; GLASS/EPOXY COMPOSITE; INTRALAMINAR CRACKINGS; INTRALAMINAR CRACKS; INTRALAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MIXED-MODE LOADING; PROPAGATION CRITERION; REINFORCED GLASS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 59449101713     PISSN: 01915665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11029-009-9055-z     Document Type: Article

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