A computational approach for prediction of the damage evolution and crushing behavior of chopped random fiber composites

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-474

  Lee, H K ^a   Simunovic S ^b   Shin, D K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chopped random fiber composites; Crashworthiness simulations; Crushing behavior; Damage evolution; Finite element implementation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRUSHING; DEBONDING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; STIFFNESS;

CHOPPED RANDOM FIBER COMPOSITES; DAMAGE EVOLUTION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 1642329748     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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