Review of damage tolerant analysis of laminated composites

Journal of Solid Mechanics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-289

  Fan, X L ^a   Sun, Q ^b   Kikuchi, M ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohesive zone model; Damage tolerant analysis; Delamination; Progressive failure analysis; Virtual crack closure integral technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859822304     PISSN: 20083505     EISSN: 20087683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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