An integrated approach based on acoustic emission and mechanical information to evaluate the delamination fracture toughness at mode I in composite laminate

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1444-1455

  Refahi Oskouei, A ^a   Zucchelli, A ^b   Ahmadi, M ^a   Minak, G ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Composites: polymer matrix; E. Fracture; G. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

A. COMPOSITES: POLYMER MATRIX; ACOUSTIC ENERGY; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CRITICAL STRAIN ENERGY; DELAMINATION FRACTURE; E. FRACTURE; G. NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; TRANSITION POINT;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ALGEBRA; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STEEL SHEET; STRAIN RATE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78649875602     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.08.048     Document Type: Article

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