Experimental investigation of interfacial fracture behavior in foam core sandwich beams with visco-elastic adhesive interface

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1085-1091

  Can, Wang ^a   Hao ran, Chen ^a   Zhen kun, Lei ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite sandwich structures; Crack opening displacement; Digital image correlation; Interfacial fracture; Toughness enhancement; Visco elastic

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURE; CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENTS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; INTERFACIAL FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; VISCO-ELASTIC;

CEMENTS; CRACKS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; GLASS FIBERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ADHESIVE PROPERTY; BEAM; FABRICATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBER; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; STRESS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY; TOUGHNESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 73449126843     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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