Three-dimensional tow inclination model for calculating elastic constants of three-dimensional triaxial braided composites

37th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structure, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1788-1803

  Branch, Kevin L ^a   Shivakumar, Kunigal N ^a   Avva, Vishnu S ^a  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROCOMPUTERS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TEXTILES; AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLUME FRACTION;

3-D BRAIDED COMPOSITES; BRAIDED COMPOSITES; COMPUTER CODES; CONSTITUTIVE MATRICES; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; STRESS TRANSFORMATION; TEXTILE COMPOSITE;

WEAVING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; REPRESENTATIVE UNIT CELL; TOW INCLINATION MODEL; WOVEN AND BRAIDED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0029722591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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