SYMPOSIA PAPER
Published:
01 January 1982
STP28480S
Initiation and Accumulation of Damage in Composite Laminates
SourceA progressive-ply-failure finite element program for predicting damage initiation and progression in composite structures with stress concentrators is described. The program was used to predict the damage accumulation process in double-edge notched graphite-epoxy specimens subjected to tensile loading. The predictions were found to be in good agreement with experimental data.
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Sandhu, RS
Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories/FIBC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Gallo, RL
General Dynamics Corporation, Fort Worth, Tex.
Sendeckyj, GP
Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories/FIBE, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
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Developed by Committee: D30
Pages: 163–182
DOI: 10.1520/STP28480S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4849-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0695-6