Analytical modeling of damping at micromechanical level in polymer composites reinforced with coated fibers

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1077-1084

  Finegan, Ioana C ^a   Gibson, Ronald F ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

COATED FIBER REINFORCEMENT; DAMPING LOSS FACTOR; LONGITUDINAL NORMAL; LONGITUDINAL SHEAR; SHEAR STRAIN; TRANSVERSE NORMAL; TRANSVERSE SHEAR;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COATING; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LOADING; SHEAR PROPERTY; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034192559     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(00)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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