Dynamic fracture of graphite/epoxy composites stiffened by buffer strips: An experimental study

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3538-3545

  Lee, Dongyeon ^a   Tippur, Hareesh ^a   Bogert, Phillip ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital image correlation; Dynamic fracture; Graphite epoxy; Impact loading; PETI 5 IM7; Stiffener

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DYNAMIC FRACTURES; IMPACT LOADINGS; PETI-5/IM7; STIFFENER;

CURING; FRACTURE; GRAPHITE FIBERS; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OLIGOMERS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITES;

EID: 84864760820     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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