Micromechanical analysis of interphase damage for fiber reinforced composite laminates

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-226

  Zhang, Yunfa ^a   Xia, Zihui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite laminates; Finite element analysis; Interphase damage; Micromechanical modeling; Off axis loading; Periodic boundary conditions; Viscoelastic analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PLASTIC LAMINATES; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; INTERPHASE DAMAGE; MICROMECHANICAL MODELING; OFF-AXIS LOADING; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; VISCOELASTIC ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 27644553494     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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