Analysis of fracture and delamination in laminates using 3D numerical modelling

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 761-780

  Cid Alfaro, Marcela V ^a   Suiker, Akke S J ^a   Borst, René de ^b   Remmers, Joris J C ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centre cracked tensile specimen; Crack tunneling; Doubly deflected crack; Fibre metal laminates; GLARE; Interface damage model

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FIBERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLARE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PLASTICS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STEEL SHEET; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CENTRE-CRACKED TENSILE SPECIMEN; CRACK TUNNELING; DOUBLY-DEFLECTED CRACK; FIBRE-METAL LAMINATES; INTERFACE DAMAGE MODEL;

LAMINATES;

EID: 62649162354     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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