Damage in ceramic matrix composites with arbitrary microstructures

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Materials Division (Publication) MD

Volumn 80, Issue , 1997, Pages 441-446

  Bulsara, V N ^a   Talreja, R ^b   Qu, J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STRAIN CONTROL; STRESS ANALYSIS;

RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS (RVE);

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031382380     PISSN: 10716939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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