The effect of strain rate and fibre content on the Poisson's ratio of glass/epoxy composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 157-161

  Okoli, O I ^a   Smith, G F ^b  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Fibre content; Poisson's ratio; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE TESTING;

EYRING THEORY OF VISCOSITY;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033384512     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00089-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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