An assessment of through-thickness shear tests for initiation of fatigue failure

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1570-1578

  May, Michael ^a   Hallett, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. Delamination; B. Fatigue; B. Mechanical properties; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

B. DELAMINATION; B. FATIGUE; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CARBON/EPOXY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; D. MECHANICAL TESTING; DAMAGE INITIATION; DOUBLE NOTCHED SHEARS; FAILURE INITIATION; FATIGUE FAILURES; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FATIGUE TESTS; NON-LINEAR FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PREPREG COMPOSITE; SHORT BEAM SHEAR; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; TEST METHOD; TEST RESULTS; THICKNESS-SHEAR; X RAY SCANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DAMAGE DETECTION; FATIGUE TESTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STEEL SHEET;

TESTING;

EID: 77957139129     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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