ID 1447

 

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Transverse Cracking Damage

in ±45° Laminates Subjected to Equal Biaxial Tension

 

 

S Li^†, S R Reid^†, P D Soden^† and M J Hinton^‡

^†Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMIST, Manchester M60 1QD, UK

^‡SMC, DERA Fort Halstead, Kent TN14 7BP, UK

 

Keywords: transverse cracking damage, equal biaxial tension, ±45° laminates