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The failure of fibre composites and adhesively bonded fibre composites under high rates of test

Part I Mode I loading-experimental studies

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The failure of fibre composites and adhesively bonded fibre composites under high rates of test, up to rates of about 15 m s−1 were studied in detail. The present paper. Part I of the series, considers the experimental aspects of the mode I fracture of the fibre composite materials and joints. Part II will analyse the dynamic effects which are invariably associated with high-rate tests, and will show how these effects influence the observed behaviour of the test specimens. Part III will report the results from mode II and mixed-mode I/II tests on the fibre composite materials.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, SW7 2BX, London, UK

    B. R. K. Blackman, J. P. Dear, A. J. Kinloch, H. Macgillivray, Y. Wang, J. G. Williams & P. Yayla

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Blackman, B.R.K., Dear, J.P., Kinloch, A.J. et al. The failure of fibre composites and adhesively bonded fibre composites under high rates of test. J Mater Sci 30, 5885–5900 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01151502

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