The influence of imperfections on the creep behavior of woven polymer composites at elevated temperatures

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 23, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 333-347

  Govindarajan, S ^a   Langrana, N A ^a   Weng, G J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; Elevated temperature; Ellipsoidal voids; Gaussian distribution; Laplace transform; Visco elasticity; Woven polymer composites

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPRESSION MOLDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP; DEFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ARRHENIUS RELATION; ESHELBY'S THEORY; FIBER UNDULATION MODEL;

GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0347937433     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(96)80015-1     Document Type: Article

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