Microscopic Aspects of Failure and Fracture in Cross-Ply Fiber- Reinforced Composite Laminates

Abstract

Tensile fracture and interlaminar mode I delamination failure may be considered as the upper and lower bounds of performance for fracture of fiber composite laminates. While these failures have been studied extensively in the literature, little progress has been made towards developing an understanding of the micromechanisms of the failure processes which, in fact, govern the macroscopic performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA203202

Entities

People

  • E. P. Gellert
  • John H. Underwood
  • Saumil Bandyopadhyay
  • V. M. Silva

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Fibers
  • Composite Materials
  • Crack Tips
  • Delamination
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Engineering
  • Epoxy Composites
  • Epoxy Laminates
  • Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Fibers
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Scanning Electron Microscopes

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design