A numerical study on the coefficients of thermal expansion of fiber reinforced composite materials

Composite Structures

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Karadeniz, Z Haktan ^a   Kumlutas, Dilek ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ANSYS; Coefficient of thermal expansion; Fiber reinforced composites; Micromechanical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THERMAL EXPANSION; VOLUME FRACTION;

COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 33751439546     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.11.034     Document Type: Article

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