Transverse behaviour of a unidirectional composite (glass fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester). Part I. Influence of fibre packing geometry

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-36

  Zhang, L ^a   Ernst, L J ^b,d   Brouwer, H R ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creep; Fibre packing; Polymers; Unidirectional composite; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; PACKING; POLYESTERS; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

FIBRE PACKING; POISSON RATIO; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION; TRANSVERSE CREEP BEHAVIOUR; UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITE;

CREEP;

EID: 0031700058     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(97)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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