Voronoi cells, fractal dimensions and fibre composites

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-162

  Summerscales, J ^a   Guild, F J ^b   Pearce, N R L ^c   Russell, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Devonport Management Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composites; Fractal dimensions; Tessellation; Voronoi cells

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; LAMINATES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; WEAVING;

CLUSTERINGS; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; FASTER RATES; FIBRE COMPOSITES; FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; TESSELLATION; VORONOI CELL; WOVEN REINFORCEMENTS;

FIBERS;

CARBON FIBER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; FIBER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MARKETING; MATERIALS; MECHANICS; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035091346     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2001.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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