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The Relationship of Stiffness Changes in Composite Laminates to Fracture-Related Damage Mechanisms

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Fracture of Composite Materials

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The monotonic or cyclic loading of continuous fiber laminated composite materials produces various types of micro-damage prior to fracture. Each time one of these micro-events occurs, the local and global stiffness of the material is altered, causing several types of variations in the tensor modulus components of the laminae and laminate. This paper attempts to establish specific relationships between these variations in stiffness and the factors which control the laminate fracture event.

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  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA

    K. L. Reifsnider & A. Highsmith

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  1. Institute of Fracture and Solid Mechanics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

    G. C. Sih

  2. Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga, U.S.S.R.

    V. P. Tamuzs

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Reifsnider, K.L., Highsmith, A. (1982). The Relationship of Stiffness Changes in Composite Laminates to Fracture-Related Damage Mechanisms. In: Sih, G.C., Tamuzs, V.P. (eds) Fracture of Composite Materials. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7609-2_22

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