Modeling approaches for 3D orthogonal woven composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 545-577

  Tan, P ^a,b   Tong, L ^a   Steven, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr Adv Compos S ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

3D orthogonal woven fabric composite; Engineering elastic constants; Finite element analysis (FEA); Laminate model; Theoretical analysis; Unit cell model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELASTIC MODULI; FABRICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLUME FRACTION; YARN;

WOVEN FABRIC COMPOSITES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031681751     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073168449801700605     Document Type: Article

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