Determination of the elastic constants of a transversely isotropic lamina using laminate coefficients of thermal expansion

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1321-1329

  Melo, José Daniel D ^a   Radford, Don W ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D elastic properties; Laminate mechanics; Mechanical properties; Thermal analysis; Transversely isotropic

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOANALYSIS;

COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION (CTE); ELASTIC CONSTANTS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0036309588     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998302036011594     Document Type: Article

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