General techniques for exploiting periodicity and symmetries in micromechanics analysis of textile composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1167-1189

  Tang, Xiaodong ^a   Whitcomb, John D ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Computational micromechanics; Finite element method; Multipoint constraints; Periodic structure; Textile composites; Unit cell

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TEXTILE FIBERS; VECTORS;

TEXTILE COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0037482848     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998303037013003     Document Type: Article

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