Experimental characterization of the crack-tip-opening angle in fibre metal laminates

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1012-1024

  Rodi, Riccardo ^a   Alderliesten, Rene' ^b   Benedictus, Rinze ^b  

^a MATERIALS INNOVATION INSTITUTE M2I   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crack tip opening angle; Fibre metal laminates; Residual strength; Stable tearing

Indexed keywords

2024-T3; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; CRACK EXTENSION; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXTERNAL LAYERS; FIBRE METAL LAMINATES; FRACTURE TEST; METAL LAMINATES; OPENING ANGLE; PRE-CRACKS; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; STABLE CRACK GROWTH;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FIBERS; FRACTURE TESTING; GLARE; METALS; POLYMER BLENDS; SHEET METAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LAMINATES;

EID: 77949913708     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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