The use of composite fracture models to describe the blunt notch behaviour of metal laminates

The blunt notch behaviour of metal laminates has mostly been described using concepts which were developed to describe the blunt notch behaviour of metals. In the current work the applicability of fracture models which were developed for composites to describe the blunt notch behaviour of metal laminates is assessed. It is shown that three...

A literature survey on the fatigue behaviour of hybrid composites

Composite materials with more than one type of fiber in one matrix are known as hybrid composites. In this work the fatigue behaviour of composite materials is discussed and the behaviour of hybrid composites is related to simple (single-fiber) composites. The properties and the behaviour of hybrid composites can mostly be explained...