A micromechanical model for textile composite plates

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1187-1213

  Marrey, Ramesh V ^a,b   Sankar, Bhavani V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Advance USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber composites; Finite elements; Homogenization; Micromechanics; Textile composites; Thermal stresses; Unit cell analysis; Woven composites

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CURING; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS MATRIX; TEXTILE FIBERS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS;

CLASSICAL PLATE THEORY; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT; WOVEN COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030703967     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839703101202     Document Type: Article

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