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Parameters characterizing the resistance of laminated composites to interlaminar fracture are discussed. The properties of the specific interlaminar fracture work, i.e., the amount of work spent on the formation of a unit of new surface of interlaminar crack, were examined. Taking account of the anisotropy of the material, this work may be characterized using a matrix. Upon change in the direction of crack growth, the matrix elements are transformed similarly to the components of a symmetrical second rank tensor. An interpretation is offered for the matrix elements. The proposed theoretical model was in accord with our experimental results.
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Moscow Engineering Institute. Technical University, Russia. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 1, pp. 21–31, January–February, 1996.
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Bolotin, V.V., Bolotina, K.S., Radin, V.P. et al. Fracture toughness characteristics of laminated composites. Mech Compos Mater 32, 14–20 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02254643
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