Effect of fibre shape on the stresses within fibres in fibre-reinforced composite materials

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1989, 1999, Pages 3351-3361

  Goh, K L ^a   Aspden, R M ^a   Mathias, K J ^a   Hukins, D W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Fibre shape; Stress in fibres

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746444751     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0454     Document Type: Article

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