Prediction of the non-linear viscoelastic response of unidirectional fiber composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1311-1319

  Papanicolaou, G C ^a   Zaoutsos, S P ^a   Cardon, A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Dept Mechanics Mat C ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Creep; B. Mechanical properties; B. Nonlinear behaviour; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CREEP; EPOXY RESINS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CREEP RECOVERY TEST; NONLINEAR VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE; UNIDIRECTIONAL FIBER COMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBER; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032831573     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00171-7     Document Type: Article

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