Progressive failure behaviors of 2D woven composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1239-1259

  Tang, Xiaodong ^a   Whitcomb, John D ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational micromechanics; Finite element method; Periodic structure; Progressive failure; Textile composites

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TEXTILES;

PROGRESSIVE FAILURE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0037481681     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998303037014002     Document Type: Review

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