High-cycle fatigue characteristics of quasi-isotropic CFRP laminates over 108 cycles (Initiation and propagation of delamination considering interaction with transverse cracks)

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-36

  Hosoi, Atsushi ^a   Sato, Narumichi ^b   Kusumoto, Yasuyuki ^a   Fujiwara, Keita ^a   Kawada, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TORAY INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composites; Delamination; Energy release rate; High cycle fatigue; Transverse crack

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRESS; CFRP LAMINATE; COMPOSITES; EDGE DELAMINATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE GROWTH; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUE; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUES; HIGH-CYCLE LOADING; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; ISOTROPIC CARBON; STACKING SEQUENCE; TRANSVERSE CRACK;

CARBON FIBERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FATIGUE DAMAGE; PLASTIC LAMINATES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STEEL SHEET; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACKS;

EID: 70349993421     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2009.02.028     Document Type: Article

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