Mode I and II fracture behavior of adhesively-bonded pultruded composite joints

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-143

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Vassilopoulos, Anastasios P ^a   Keller, Thomas ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bonded joints; Civil engineering structures; Crack growth; Fracture mechanics; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; BONDED JOINT; CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK LENGTH MEASUREMENT; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE DATA; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER LAMINATES; PULTRUDED COMPOSITES; SIMPLE BEAM THEORY; SPECIMEN DIMENSION; STANDARDIZED METHODS; VIDEO EXTENSOMETER; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBERS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MECHANICS; POLYMERS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 71749098180     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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