Whole-field assessment of the effects of boundary conditions on the strain field in off-axis tensile testing of unidirectional composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1939-1947

  Pierron, F ^a   Alloba, E ^a   Surrel, Y ^a   Vautrin, A ^a  

^a CENTRE SMS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE TESTING;

UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES; WHOLE FIELD PHASE STEPPED GRID TECHNIQUE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032289029     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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