Determination of the critical size of a statistical representative volume element (SRVE) for carbon reinforced polymers

Acta Materialia

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3471-3484

  Trias, D ^a   Costa, J ^a   Turon, A ^a   Hurtado, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Fibre reinforced composites; Finite element analysis; Fracture

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MATRIX CRACKING; REINFORCED POLYMER; STATISTICAL REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (SRVE);

CARBON;

EID: 33745961331     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2006.03.042     Document Type: Article

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