Mechanical response of a unidirectional graphite fiber/polyimide composite as a function of temperature

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 1045-1055

  Rupnowski, P ^a   Gentz, M ^a   Kumosa, M ^a  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical response; Modeling; Temperature effects; Unidirectional graphite polyimide composites

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; POLYIMIDES; STRAIN; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ESHELBY/MORI-TANAKA METHOD; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; UNIDIRECTIONAL GRAPHITE/POLYIMIDE COMPOSITES;

GRAPHITE FIBERS;

ELASTIC PROPERTY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GRAPHITE FIBER; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYIMIDE FIBER; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 33644929218     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.07.026     Document Type: Article

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