High rate fracture toughness measurement of laminated composites

The aim of this research is to understand and analyse the behaviour of specimens used to measure fracture toughness in laminated composites when loaded at high displacement rates. Finite element (FE) analysis is used as a tool to investigate dynamic behaviour of rapidly loaded mode I intralaminar sp...

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Main Author: McCarroll, Catherine Anne
Other Authors: Pinho, Silvestre ; Ianucci, Lorenzo ; Robinson, Paul ; Curtis, Paul
Published: Imperial College London 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542926