An evaluation of elastic properties and coefficients of thermal expansion of graphite fibres from macroscopic composite input data

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2054, 2005, Pages 347-369

  Rupnowski, P ^a   Gentz, M ^a   Sutter, J K ^b   Kumosa, M ^a  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficients of thermal expansion; Elastic constants; Eshelby Mori Tanaka; Graphite fibres; Indirect methods; Properties

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; ERROR; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17144382896     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1358     Document Type: Article

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