A mechanical model of the four-point end notched flexure (4ENF) test based on an elastic-brittle interface

17th European Conference on Fracture 2008: Multilevel Approach to Fracture of Materials, Components and Structures

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1584-1591

  Bennati, Stefano ^a   Taglialegne, Luca ^a   Valvo, Paolo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 point end notched flexure test; Composite laminates; Delamination; Elastic interface

Indexed keywords

ANTISYMMETRIC LOADS; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION; ELASTIC INTERFACES; END NOTCHED FLEXURES; EXPLICIT SOLUTIONS; FOUR-POINT; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERLAMINAR STRESS; INTERNAL FORCES; LAMINATED SPECIMENS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL MODEL; MODE II; SUB-PROBLEMS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DELAMINATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84866078675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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