Effective elastic properties in anisotropic composites with ellipsoidal inclusions

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 498-524

  Demakos, C B ^a   Theocaris, P S ^b  

^a Department of Aircraft Engineering   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INCLUSIONS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ELLIPSOIDAL INCLUSIONS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032672592     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839903300601     Document Type: Article

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