Mode II delamination resistance of composites reinforced with inclined Z-pins

Materials and Design

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 565-572

  M'membe, Beene ^a   Gannon, Sam ^a   Yasaee, Mehdi ^a   Hallett, Stephen R ^a   Partridge, Ivana K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Inclined insertion; Z pins

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LAMINATED COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT;

APPARENT FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; DELAMINATED SURFACES; DELAMINATION CRACK; DELAMINATION RESISTANCE; INCLINED INSERTION; THROUGH-THICKNESS STRENGTH; Z-PINS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84958184125     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.01.051     Document Type: Article

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