TRANSVERSE CRACKING AND STIFFNESS REDUCTION IN COMPOSITE LAMINATES Academic Article

abstract

• A systematic classification of the effects of transverse cracking on the stress-strain response of composite laminates is presented. Stiffness reductions resulting from transverse cracking in glass/epoxy and graphite/epoxy laminates from crack initiation to crack saturation are predicted using the stiffness-damage relationships developed by the author in a previous work. Good agreement with the experimental results is found. An assessment of the ply discount method for predicting stiffness reductions at crack saturation is also made.

authors

• Talreja, Ramesh

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

author list (cited authors)

• TALREJA, R.

citation count

• 325

complete list of authors

• TALREJA, R

publication date

• January 1985

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Composite Materials  Journal

keywords

• Brain Disorders

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/002199838501900404

start page

• 355

end page

• 375

volume

• 19

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002199838501900404