Stress analysis of short fiber-reinforced polymers incorporating a hybrid interphase region

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-152

  Papanicolaou, G C ^a   Anifantis, N K ^a   Keppas, L K ^a   Kosmidou, Th V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

INTERPHASE; SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES; STRESS ANALYSIS

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROMECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FIBERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBER TIP; INTERPHASE REGION; SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES; VOLUMETRIC COMPOSITION; COMPOSITE MODELS; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; INTERPHASE; INTERPHASE REGIONS; LOAD CARRYING; MACROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; RADIAL STRESS; SHORT FIBER; STRESS PROFILE;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 33947537398     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855407779819044     Document Type: Article

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