Predicting the through-thickness enhancement of Z-pinned composite laminates

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

Volumn 2013-July, Issue , 2013, Pages 2899-2908

  Mohamed, G ^a   Helenon F ^b   Yasaee, M ^a   Allegri, G ^a   Hallett, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL COMPOSITES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesive modeling; Delamination; Fracture toughness; Multi scale modeling; Z pins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995803983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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