Longitudinal and transverse moduli and strengths of low angle 3-D braided composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 885-905

  Kalidindi, Surya R ^a   Abusafieh, Abdel ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic elastic moduli; Anisotropic yield strength; Experimental measurements; Isostrain model; Isostress model; Textile composites; Three dimensional braided composites; Weighted Average Model (WAM)

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GRAPHITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; STRAIN GAGES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLUME FRACTION; YIELD STRESS;

BRAID ANGLES; ISOSTRAIN MODEL; ISOSTRESS MODEL; TEXTILE COMPOSITES; THREE DIMENSIONAL BRAIDED GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITES; WEIGHTED AVERAGE MODEL;

TEXTILES;

EID: 0029716586     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839603000802     Document Type: Article

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