Modeling the statistical lifetime of glass fiber/polymer matrix composites in tension

Composite Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 19-29

  Leigh Phoenix, S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep rupture; Glass fiber composites; Lifetime distribution; Micromechanics

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CREEP; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKING; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES; LIFETIME DISTRIBUTION;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

CREEP; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MODEL; TENSION;

EID: 0033390459     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00069-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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