Fracture behaviour of glass fibre-reinforced polyester composite

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-89

  Leonard, L W H ^a   Wong, K J ^a   Low, K O ^a   Yousif, B F ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Critical energy release rate; Fibre contents; Finite element analysis; Fracture toughness; Polyester composites

Indexed keywords

CHOPPED STRAND MAT; CRITICAL ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FIBRE CONTENT; FIBRE CONTENTS; FIBRE VOLUME FRACTION; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; GLASS FIBRES; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATRIX; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; REINFORCED GLASS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS FIBERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 67650445436     PISSN: 14644207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/14644207JMDA224     Document Type: Article

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