Boundary element analysis for composite materials and a library of green's functions

Computers and Structures

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 685-693

  Lingyun, Pan ^a,b   Adams, Daniel O ^a   Rizzo, Frank J ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b Automated Analysis Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Composite materials; Fiber matrix interface; Fiber reinforced composites; Green's functions; Micromechanical analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FIBER MATRIX INTERFACE; INTERPHASE PARAMETERS; MICROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0032017742     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0045-7949(97)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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