Specimen size effects on the notched strength of composite laminates loaded in tension

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wisnom, Michael R ^a   Green, Ben ^a   Jiang, Wen Guang ^a   Hallett, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Notched strength; Open hole tension; Scaling; Size effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GLASS CERAMICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SIZE DETERMINATION;

COMPOSITE LAMINATE; DAMAGE DEVELOPMENT; NOTCHED STRENGTH; OPEN HOLE TENSIONS; QUASIISOTROPIC LAMINATES; SCALING; SIZE EFFECTS; SPECIMEN DIMENSION;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 85076869025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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