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Determination of the mode I delamination fracture toughness of multidirectional composite laminates
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bradley, Walter L. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Schapery, Richard A. | |
| dc.creator | Goetz, Douglas Paul | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-03T20:58:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-03T20:58:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-991971 | |
| dc.description | Typescript (photocopy). | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this study is to develop and verify a theoretically-based method for characterizing mode I delamination fracture of composite laminates. Attention focuses on the special problems associated with delamination of composites with multidirectional (as opposed to unidirectional) layups. Nonlinear beam theory is used to analyze the Double Cantilever Beam specimen to derive an approximate expression for the J integral. A related test method is proposed. An experiment program is described which explores the utility of the method and the variables affecting delamination of multidirectional composites. | en |
| dc.format.extent | xv, 280 leaves | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Major mechanical engineering | en |
| dc.subject.classification | 1988 Dissertation G611 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Laminated materials | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Deterioration | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Composite materials | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Deterioration | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Fracture mechanics | en |
| dc.title | Determination of the mode I delamination fracture toughness of multidirectional composite laminates | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Ph. D | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Alexander, Richard M. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Herrmann, Joseph | |
| dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 20945298 |
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