Prediction of delamination in braided composite T-piece specimens

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2363-2367

  Chen, Jiye ^a   Ravey, Eric ^b   Hallett, Stephen ^c   Wisnom, Michael ^c   Grassi, Marcello ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Modelling; C. Delamination; E. Braiding; T piece cohesive models

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. MODELLING; C. DELAMINATION; E. BRAIDING; T-PIECE COHESIVE MODELS;

DELAMINATION; STEEL SHEET;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTIVE MODEL;

EID: 70349507789     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.01.027     Document Type: Article

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