Development of a standardized procedure for the characterization of interlaminar delamination propagation in advanced composites under fatigue mode I loading conditions

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2678-2689

  Brunner, A J ^a   Murphy, N ^b   Pinter, G ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Delamination crack propagation; Fatigue loading; Fracture toughness; Standardized test procedure

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COMPOSITES; AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION; DELAMINATION CRACK; DELAMINATION LENGTH; DELAMINATION RESISTANCE; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; FATIGUE DELAMINATION; FATIGUE LOADING; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FATIGUE TESTS; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL TESTS; INTERLAMINAR DELAMINATION; LOADING CONDITION; MATRIX; MODULUS OF ELASTICITY; QUASI-STATIC MODES; ROUND ROBIN; STANDARDIZED PROCEDURE; TEST PARAMETERS; TEST PROCEDURES; TEST SETS;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CARBON FIBERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATES; STEEL SHEET;

TESTING;

EID: 70449625483     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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