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Composite laminates in plane stress: constitutive modeling and stress redistribution due to matrix cracking

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Ceramic Society
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  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Plane-stress constitutive relations for laminate composites undergoing matrix cracking are developed that can be fit to data from uniaxial tests. The constitutive equations are specialized to brittle-matrix composites in the form of cross-plies and quasi-isotropic laminates. The effect of nonlinear stress-strain behavior on stress redistribution around holes and notches in laminate plates is illustrated.
Sponsoring Organization:
Advanced Research Projects Agency, Washington, DC (United States); Office of Naval Research, Washington, DC (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
OSTI ID:
512061
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 80; ISSN 0002-7820; ISSN JACTAW
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English