• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Transverse Cracking and Stiffness Reduction in Composite Laminates
  • Beteiligte: Talreja, Ramesh
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 1985
  • Erschienen in: Journal of Composite Materials
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1177/002199838501900404
  • ISSN: 0021-9983; 1530-793X
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p> 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. </jats:p>