Recommendations for an ASTM standardized test for determining G IIc of unidirectional laminated polymeric matrix composites

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Davidson, Barry D ^a   Teller, Sean S ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance calibration; Composite; Delamination; Energy release rate; ENF; Fracture; Interlaminar; Mode II; Precrack; Toughness

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE DELAMINATION; INTERLAMINAR; MODE II; PRE-CRACKS;

CALIBRATION; CRACKS; DATA REDUCTION; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FRACTURE; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STEEL SHEET; TESTING; UNLOADING;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77949870465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI102619     Document Type: Article

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