Failure criteria for mixed mode delamination in glass fibre epoxy composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2292-2298

  Marat Mendes, Rosa M ^a   Freitas, Manuel M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Failure criteria; Glass fibre epoxy; Mixed mode delamination

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STRAIN ENERGY; DELAMINATION PROPAGATION; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM TEST; EDGE CRACKS; END-NOTCH FLEXURES; EPOXY COMPOSITE; FAILURE CRITERIA; GLASS FIBRES; GLASS/EPOXY; MIXED MODE; MIXED MODE DELAMINATION; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MIXED-MODE LOADING; MODE II; MODE III; POWER LAW; REASONABLE ACCURACY; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUE;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBERS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL SHEET; STRAIN RATE; TORSION TESTING;

DELAMINATION;

BENDING; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; DELAMINATION; EPOXY RESIN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LAMINATE; LOADING (TESTING); TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77950860761     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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