Nonlinearly viscoelastic response of a wood-thermoplastic composite

Mechanics Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-139

  Rangaraj, Sudarshan V ^a   Smith, Lloyd V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

NONLINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; STIFFNESS REDUCTION; WOOD THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033334439     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009825204920     Document Type: Article

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