On the use of shear-lag methods for analysis of stress transfer in unidirectional composites

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-80

  Nairn, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SHEAR LAG METHODS; STRESS TRANSFER;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0031220577     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(97)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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