Mode i delamination growth of multidirectional composite laminates under fatigue loading

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1077-1090

  Peng, Lei ^a   Zhang, Jianyu ^a   Zhao, Libin ^a   Bao, Rui ^a   Yang, Hongqin ^a   Fei, Binjun ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

delamination; fatigue; fracture toughness; multidirectional laminates; polymer matrix composite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE LAMINATE; DELAMINATION GROWTH; DELAMINATION RESISTANCE; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM TEST; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FATIGUE; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RATES; FATIGUE DELAMINATION; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FATIGUE THRESHOLD; FIBER BRIDGING; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FRACTOGRAPHS; INTERLAMINAR; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL LAMINATES; PLY ORIENTATION;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATES; STEEL SHEET; STRAIN RATE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 79955699426     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998310385029     Document Type: Article

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