Micromechanical stress analysis of closely packed fibrous composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1241-1248

  Anifantis, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Interphase; C. Computational simulation

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; YIELD STRESS;

CLOSELY PACKED FIBROUS COMPOSITES; MICROMECHANICAL STRESS ANALYSIS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRESS;

EID: 0033939142     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(00)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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