Numerical and experimental determination of in-plane elastic properties of 2/2 twill weave fabric composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 735-744

  Ng, Sun Pui ^a   Tse, Ping Cheung ^a   Lau, Kwok Jing ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; B. Mechanical properties; C. Finite element analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EPOXY RESINS; FABRICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TENSILE TESTING; WEAVING; YARN;

HOMOGENIZATION PROCESS; WEAVE FABRIC COMPOSITES;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032303168     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(98)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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