Global Stiffness of a SMC Panel Considering Process Induced Fiber Orientation

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-49

  Oldenbo, M ^a,b   Mattsson, D ^a,b   Varna, J ^b   Berglund, L A ^b  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anisotropic stiffness; Material modelling; SMC; Stiffness prediction

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; STIFFNESS; SUBROUTINES; TENSORS;

ANISOTROPIC STIFFNESS; GLOBAL STIFFNESS; MATERIAL MODELING; STIFFNESS PREDICTION;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 0347968167     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684404028700     Document Type: Article

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