Snap-back instability in micro-structured composites and its connection with superplasticity

Strength, Fracture and Complexity

Volumn 3, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 61-72

  Carpinteri, Alberto ^a   Paggi, Marco ^a   Zavarise, Giorgio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced metal matrix composites; Finite element method; Interface debonding; Snap back instability; Superplasticity

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SUPERPLASTICITY;

FIBER REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; INTERFACE DEBONDING; SNAP-BACK INSTABILITY;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33244493312     PISSN: 15672069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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