TY - JOUR
T1 - Damage in composite laminates
T2 - Effects of transverse cracks
AU - Herakovich, C. T.
AU - Aboudi, J.
AU - Lee, S. W.
AU - Strauss, E. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Hercules Incorporated and the Center for Innovative Technology. The authors gratefully acknowledge this support.
PY - 1988/11
Y1 - 1988/11
N2 - Two different methods of solution are used to study the effects of transverse cracks in cross-ply composite laminates. The results of an approximate analytical solution are compared with those obtained using a finite element analysis in order to study the effects of transverse cracks on the degradation of elastic and thermal coefficients as well as stress distributions. In particular, it is shown that transverse cracks cause significant degradation of the Poisson's ratio and shear modulus of the laminates, and also affect some stress distributions in a peculiar manner. Theoretical results are compared with existing experimental results where appropriate.
AB - Two different methods of solution are used to study the effects of transverse cracks in cross-ply composite laminates. The results of an approximate analytical solution are compared with those obtained using a finite element analysis in order to study the effects of transverse cracks on the degradation of elastic and thermal coefficients as well as stress distributions. In particular, it is shown that transverse cracks cause significant degradation of the Poisson's ratio and shear modulus of the laminates, and also affect some stress distributions in a peculiar manner. Theoretical results are compared with existing experimental results where appropriate.
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U2 - 10.1016/0167-6636(88)90008-7
DO - 10.1016/0167-6636(88)90008-7
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AN - SCOPUS:0024106527
VL - 7
SP - 91
EP - 107
JO - Mechanics of Materials
JF - Mechanics of Materials
SN - 0167-6636
IS - 2
ER -