Research Article

Implementation of Virtual Crack Closure Technique for Damaged Composite Plates Using Higher-Order Layerwise Model

Table 5

Nondimensional SIFs with respect to crack extension with variation of /.

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0.10.20.30.40.5

1.0Analytical sol.1.18801.36951.66312.10962.7962
Present1.16931.35421.64042.09432.7879

1.5Analytical sol.1.18831.36771.65912.10232.7846
Present1.16881.35331.63902.09292.7869

2.0Analytical sol.1.17881.36711.65702.09682.7707
Present1.16861.34411.63902.09082.7869