Analysis of the effects of residual strains and defects on skin/stiffener debonding using decohesion elements

44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Dávila, Carlos G ^a   Camanho, Pedro P ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SPECIMENS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DECOHESION ELEMENTS; MANUFACTURING DEFECTS; NUMBER OF FACTORS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; RESIDUAL PERFORMANCE; THICKNESS DIRECTION;

DEFECTS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

DELAMINATION;

EID: 84896693631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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