Cracks fail to intensify stress in nacreous composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-29

  Yao, Haimin ^a,b   Song, Zhigong ^c   Xu, Zhiping ^c   Gao, Huajian ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b The Hong Kong Polytechnic University   (Hong Kong)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Hybrid composites; B. Mechanical properties; C. Damage tolerance; C. Finite element analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

BRICK; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACKS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORTAR; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOUGHNESS;

CRACK-LIKE FLAWS; FLAW TOLERANCE; HIGH TOUGHNESS; HYBRID COMPOSITES; INDUCED STRESS; LINEAR-ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS INTENSITY; THEORETICAL VALUES;

STRESSES;

EID: 84876697436     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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