Effective elastic, piezoelectric and dielectric properties of braided fabric composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1435-1444

  Ruan, X ^a   Safari, A ^b   Chou, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; YARN;

BRAIDED FABRIC COMPOSITES;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033358826     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(99)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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