The use of heterogeneous strain fields for the characterization of composite materials

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 841-846

  Grediac M ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropic elastic properties; Heterogeneous strain fields; Mechanical tests

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CALCULATIONS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL TESTING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PLATE METAL; STRAIN;

ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS STRAIN FIELDS; POISSON RATIO; SINGLE PLATE SPECIMEN; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0030197865     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(96)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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