On the possibility of reduced variable predictions for the thermoelastic properties of short fibre composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1081-1088

  Hine, Peter J ^a   Lusti, Hans Rudolf ^b   Gusev, Andrei A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); A. Short fibre composites; B. Thermomechanical properties; C. Computational simulation; C. Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; RISKS; STRAIN; THERMOELASTICITY;

DIVERGING VARIETY; REAL INJECTION MOULDED; VARIABLE PREDICTIONS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 1842634153     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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