Irreversibly absorbed energy and damage in GFRP laminates impacted at low velocity

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2853-2860

  Caprino, G ^a   Lopresto, V ^a   Langella, A ^a   Durante, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorbed energy; Failure modes; Glass fibre reinforced plastics; Impact

Indexed keywords

COAL BREAKAGE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FAILURE MODES; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ABSORBED ENERGY; CRITICAL ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CURVES; IMPACT; INSTRUMENTED IMPACT TEST; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT; VIBRATIONAL EFFECTS;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 80052389152     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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