Behavior of a flat internal delamination within a fiber reinforced cross-ply composite

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-142

  Banks Sills, Leslie ^a   Freed, Yuval ^a   Alperovitch, Arkady ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross ply; Fiber reinforced composite material; Finite elements; Interface fracture toughness; Internal delamination; Three dimensional conservative integrals

Indexed keywords

CROSS-PLY; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL; FINITE ELEMENTS; INTERFACE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERNAL DELAMINATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONSERVATIVE INTEGRALS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PHASE INTERFACES; STEEL SHEET; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DELAMINATION;

COMPOSITES; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; STEEL;

EID: 67349180861     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-009-9335-6     Document Type: Article

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