On the stochastic nature of thermomechanical properties in glass reinforced polyester laminates

Composite Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-301

  Philippidis, T P ^a   Lekou, D J ^a   Kalogiannakis, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distribution function; Experimental; Glass polyester; Statistics; Stochastic property; Thermal expansion coefficient

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TENSORS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

GLASS REINFORCED POLYESTER LAMINATES; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT; THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYZER; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0034093550     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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