Micromechanical response of fibre-reinforced materials using the boundary element technique

Composite Structures

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 341-352

  Knight, M G ^a   Wrobel, L C ^a   Henshall, J L ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Embedded cell approach; Multi phase materials; Periodic and random arrangements

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; LOADS (FORCES); STRESSES;

EMBEDDED CELL APPROACH (ECA);

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

ELASTOMERIC FIBER; FIBER ARRANGEMENT; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0344441378     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2003.09.036     Document Type: Article

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