traction in second shear direction interlaminar normal tensile strength strength in first shear direction shear strength in second shear direction normal strain energy release rate shear strain energy release rate shear strain energy release rate critical fracture energy in normal direction critical fracture energy in first shear direction critical fracture energy in second shear direction equivalent plastic strain at the onset of damage stress triaxiality pressure stress p Mises equivalent stress q equivalent plastic strain rate state variable overall damage variable D stress tensor maximum tensile stress occurring in the plate span of T-joint L applied load P thickness of the plate h width of T-joint b (a) (b) Figure 1 Photographs showing: (a) of a wind turbine blade; (b) the T-joint test coupon was manufactured in the University of Manchester Composites Centre. Figure 2 Geometry and boundary conditions of the composite T-joint subjected to a tensile pull-out load; all dimensions in mm. Diagrams showing FE meshing, boundary conditions and local coordinate system of Figure 3 the T-joint FE model; fibre direction is axis 1, width and through-thickness correspond the directions 2 and 3, respectively.
traction in second shear direction interlaminar normal tensile strength strength in first shear direction shear strength in second shear direction normal strain energy release rate shear strain energy release rate shear strain energy release rate critical fracture energy in normal direction critical fracture energy in first shear direction critical fracture energy in second shear direction equivalent plastic strain at the onset of damage stress triaxiality p pressure stress q Mises equivalent stress equivalent plastic strain rate state variable D overall damage variable stress tensor maximum tensile stress occurring in the plate L span of T-joint P applied load h thickness of the plate b width of T-joint (a) (b) Figure 1 Photographs showing: (a) of a wind turbine blade; (b) the T-joint test coupon was manufactured in the University of Manchester Composites Centre. Figure 2 Geometry and boundary conditions of the composite T-joint subjected to a tensile pull-out load; all dimensions in mm. Figure 3 Diagrams showing FE meshing, boundary conditions and local coordinate system of the T-joint FE model; fibre direction is axis 1, width and through-thickness correspond the directions 2 and 3, respectively.
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