Mixed-Mode fracture toughness tests for stitched composite laminates

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Chen, Leishan ^a   Sankar, Bhavani V ^a   Ifju, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CRITICAL STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATES; EFFECTIVE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOADING CONDITION; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MIXED MODE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STIFFNESS CHANGES; STITCHED COMPOSITES;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TESTING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 84896887132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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