Modelling the elastic and thermoelastic properties of short fibre composites with anisotropic phases

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-79

  Price, C D ^a   Hine, P J ^a   Whiteside, B ^b   Cunha, A M ^c   Ward, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anisotropic elasticity; Modelling; Short fibre composites

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOELASTICITY;

ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY; ANISOTROPIC PHASES; SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 27844578709     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.05.024     Document Type: Article

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