The role of delamination in failure of fibre-reinforced composites

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1965, 2012, Pages 1850-1870

  Wisnom, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delamination; Impact; In plane failure; Notched strength; Scaling; Through thickness failure

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPACT TENSION TESTS; COMPRESSION AFTER IMPACT; CRITICAL FACTORS; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FRACTURE SURFACES; FREE EDGE; HOLE DIAMETER; HOLE SIZE; IMPACT; INTERLAMINAR STRESS; MATRIX CRACK; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; NOTCHED STRENGTH; OFF-AXIS ANGLES; OPEN HOLES; QUASIISOTROPIC LAMINATES; SCALING;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 84859904817     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0441     Document Type: Article

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