Fracture and fatigue study of unidirectional glass/epoxy laminate under different mode of loading

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 284-293

  Kenane, M ^a   Benmedakhene, S ^b   Azari, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Composite; Fatigue; Fatigue threshold strain energy release rate; Mixed mode fracture; Strain energy release rate; Unidirectional glass epoxy laminates

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE; DIFFERENT MODES; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; END-LOADED SPLIT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FATIGUE DELAMINATION; FATIGUE THRESHOLD; FRACTURE AND FATIGUE; GLASS/EPOXY; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE; MIXED MODE; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MODE II; MODE RATIO; MODES OF FRACTURE; PARIS EQUATIONS;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PAPER LAMINATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN ENERGY;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77950654914     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2010.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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