Stiffness and failure modelling of 2D and 3D textile-reinforced composites by means of imbricate-type elements approaches

Computers and Structures

Volumn 80, Issue 27-30, 2002, Pages 2253-2264

  Bigaud, David ^a   Hamelin, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

3D braid; Composite; Failure; Homogenisation; Multilevel analysis; Stiffness; Textile

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS;

REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0036857378     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(02)00248-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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