The use of functionally graded materials to eliminate or control thermal deformation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1099-1104

  Wetherhold, Robert C ^a   Seelman, Steven ^a   Wang, Jianzhong ^a,b  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functionally graded materials; Thermal deformation

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION; VOLUME FRACTION;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS (FGM);

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030239389     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(96)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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