Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Nonlinear Viscoelastic-Viscoplastic Composite Laminates under Creep, Creep-Recovery, Relaxation and Ramp Loading

Mechanics Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-128

  Guedes, Rui Miranda ^a   Marques, António Torres ^a   Cardon, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyclic mechanical loading; Durability; Ramp loading; Relaxation; Stress strain rate dependent; Viscoelasticity; Viscoplastic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040542460     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009862009738     Document Type: Review

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