Creep rupture of polymer composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-388

  Raghavan, J ^a,c   Meshii, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creep; Creep rupture; Delayed fracture; Fracture criterion; Life prediction; Polymer composite; Prediction model; Thermal activation theory

Indexed keywords

CREEP; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CREEP RUPTURE MODELS; THERMAL ACTIVATION THEORY;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; CREEP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0031126815     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(96)00156-X     Document Type: Article

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