Visco-elastic stress distributions and elastic properties in unidirectional composites with large volume fractions of fibers

Acta Materialia

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3483-3493

  Benedikt, B ^a   Rupnowski, P ^a   Kumosa, M ^a  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Eshelby; Residual stresses; Unidirectional composites

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 0038686900     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6454(03)00168-X     Document Type: Article

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