A mechanistic model for transverse damage initiation, evolution, and stiffness reduction in laminated composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-132

  Barbero, Ever J ^a   Cortes, Daniel H ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

B. Transverse cracking; C. Analytical modeling; C. Computational modeling; C. Damage mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELING; APPLIED LOADS; ARBITRARY ORIENTATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CRACK DENSITY; CRITICAL ENERGY RELEASE RATE; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; DAMAGE INITIATION; DAMAGE MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRACTURE MECHANICS APPROACH; IN-PLANE STRESS; INTEGRAL PART; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MATRIX CRACKING; MECHANISTIC MODELS; STACKING SEQUENCE; STIFFNESS REDUCTION; STRESS REDISTRIBUTION; TRANSVERSE CRACKING;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN RATE;

MECHANICS;

EID: 75149185337     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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