Study of Stress Concentrations in Woven Composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 198-214

  Feng, Zheng Nong ^a   Allen, Howard G ^a   Moy, Stuart S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling; Repeating unit element; Stress variation factor; Waviness ratio; Woven composite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

STRESS VARIATION FACTOR; WOVEN COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 0032655473     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073168449901800301     Document Type: Article

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