Mode II interlaminar fatigue properties of z-pinned carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-15

  Pegorin, Fabio ^a   Pingkarawat, K ^a   Daynes, S ^a   Mouritz, A P ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Delamination; B. Fatigue; Z pins

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CRACKS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR FLOW;

CARBON FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITES; CYCLIC STRESS INTENSITY; FIBRE-REINFORCED EPOXY; FRACTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS; THROUGH-THE-THICKNESS REINFORCEMENTS; Z-PINS; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; INTERLAMINAR; MODE II;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 84906890622     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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