A simple fatigue life model for three-dimensional fiber-polymer composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-469

  Mouritz, A P ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D composites; Fatigue; Modeling; Stitching; z pins

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS;

3D COMPOSITES; STITCHING; Z-PINS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 32944474115     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998305055199     Document Type: Article

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