Fatigue crack initiation in cross-ply carbon fiber laminates

The goal of this research was to investigate the tensile fatigue behavior of a carbon fiber / epoxy composite material. Specifically, the stress levels at which cracks initiated in static and fatigue loading in the 90 degree plies of a "quasi-cross ply layup" [0/905]S was investigated. Fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ketterer, Justin M.
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29697