Reliability of composites in a random stress state

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 871-881

  Gurvich, Mark R ^a   Pipes, R Byron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

RANDOM STRENGTH; RANDOM STRESS STATE; UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS/STRAIN;

EID: 0344878839     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00194-2     Document Type: Article

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