Numerical investigation of the stress field of particulate reinforced polymeric composites subjected to tension

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1145-1164

  Kakavas, Panayiotis A ^a   Kontoni, Denise Penelope N ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Debonding; Finite element method; Micromechanics; Particulate reinforced polymeric matrix composites

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DEBONDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE PROPERTIES; VOLUME FRACTION;

POLYMERIC MATRIX COMPOSITE; STRESS FIELD;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DEBONDING; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE PROPERTIES; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 32444447246     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1483     Document Type: Article

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