The Effect of Voids on the Elastic Properties of Textile Reinforced Composites

Journal of Composites Technology and Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 168-173

  Gowayed, Yasser A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic composites; Composites; Elastic properties; Fabrics; Finite element; Mechanics; Textiles; Voids

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEXTILE FIBERS; VOLUME FRACTION;

ESHELBY THEORY; GRAPHICAL INTEGRATED NUMERICAL ANALYSIS (GINA); MORI TANAKA THEORY; VOID EFFECT;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0031190322     PISSN: 08846804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/ctr10027j     Document Type: Article

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