Experimental observations and numerical simulations of curved crack propagation in laminated fiber composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1064-1074

  Rudraraju, Shiva ^a   Salvi, Amit ^a   Garikipati, Krishna ^a   Waas, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibers; A. Laminate; B. Fracture; C. Crack; C. Finite element analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE CRACKS; COMPOSITE PANELS; CURVED CRACK; DAMAGE ZONES; ECCENTRIC LOADING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIBER COMPOSITE; MACROSCOPIC CRACKS; MODE MIXITY; NUMERICAL MODELING; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; SPECIMEN GEOMETRY; TRACTION-SEPARATION RELATION; VARIATIONAL MULTISCALE;

CARBON FIBERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; LOADING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 84861580336     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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