Applying the virtual fields method to determine the through-thickness moduli of thick composites with a nonlinear shear response

Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1713-1725

  Grédiac, Michel ^a   Auslender, François ^b   Pierron, Fabrice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

^c ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

B. mechanical properties; Elastic properties

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

THICK COMPOSITES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0035546273     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(01)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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