Stress distributions of short fiber composite materials

Computers and Structures

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 999-1012

  Liou, W J ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

SHORT FIBER COMPOSITES;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0031097333     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(96)00307-0     Document Type: Article

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