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Mechanisms of Internal Damage and Their Effect on the Behavior and Properties of Cross-Ply Composite Laminates

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This paper is a review of experimental and theoretical studies into the damage mechanisms in glass/epoxy and carbon/epoxy cross-ply composite laminates subjected to static or cyclic loading and their influence on the behavior and stiffness properties of such laminates. How the equivalent-constraint model is applied to the analysis of cross-ply laminates with transverse and longitudinal matrix cracks and crack-tip delaminations is shown and discussed.

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Kashtalyan, M.Y., Soutis, C. Mechanisms of Internal Damage and Their Effect on the Behavior and Properties of Cross-Ply Composite Laminates. International Applied Mechanics 38, 641–657 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020456726805

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