Virtual fracture testing of composites: A computational micromechanics approach

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1126-1138

  González, Carlos ^a   LLorca, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Computational micromechanics; Fracture toughness; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; TOPOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL MICROMECHANICS; FIBER-MATRIX TOPOLOGY; FINITE-ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FRACTURE MICROMECHANICS; TRANSVERSALLY-ISOTROPIC HOMOGENEOUS SOLID;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 33847038743     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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