Comparative assessment of stress transfer efficiency in tension and compression

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1303-1309

  Goutianos, S ^a,b   Peijs, T ^b,c   Galiotis, C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interface interphase; B. Stress transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOADS (FORCES); PLASTICITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRAIN; TENSILE STRESS;

STRESS TRANSFER;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0036815481     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(02)00166-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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