Module 6: Failure and Damage
  Lecture 20: Damage Mechanisms in Unidirectional Composites
 


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  • Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials, Composite Materials Series, 9. Ed. R. Talreja, Elsevier New York, 1994.

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  • Herakovich CT. Edge effects and delamination failures. Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 1989; 24(4), pp. 245-252.