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SUBMITTER: Kimura M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6917772 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kimura Masao M Watanabe Toshiki T Takeichi Yasuo Y Niwa Yasuihiro Y
Scientific reports 20191217 1
Voids and cracks can fatally degrade structural materials such as metals and ceramics but are tolerated in carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites if monitored to prevent their growth to a critical size. Thus, the use of CFRPs as aeronautical structural materials requires an understanding of microscopic crack formation. However, this crack-formation mechanism remains unclear because experimental difficulties have hindered studies of relevant phenomena that occur before crack formation. ...[more]