The trade-off between damage and strength: Why weaker may mean stronger

24th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2009 and 1st Joint Canadian-American Technical Conference on Composites

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 13-20

  Wisnom, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT TENSION; OPEN HOLES; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 84867880245     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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3. Hallett, S. R., B.G. Green, W. G. Jiang and M. R. Wisnom. 2009. "An experimental and numerical investigation into the damage mechanisms in notched composites, " Composites Part A, 40:613- 624.
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6. Li, X., S. R.. Hallett, M. R.. Wisnom, N. Zobeiry, R. Vaziri and A. Poursartip. 2009. "Experimental study of damage propagation in overheight compact tension tests, " Composites Part A, submitted.