Strength of composites with long-aligned fibers: Fiber-fiber and fiber-crack interaction

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 577-588

  Masud, Arif ^a   Zhang, Zhe ^a   Botsis, John ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FIBER-TO-CRACK INTERACTIONS; FIBER-TO-FIBER INTERACTIONS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0032320182     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(98)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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