Transient and cyclical hygrothermoelastic stress in laminated composite plates: Modelling and experimental assessment

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 729-745

  Gigliotti, Marco ^a   Jacquemin, Frédéric ^b   Molimard, Jérôme ^c   Vautrin, Alain ^c  

^a ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c CENTRE SMS   (France)

Author keywords

Curvature measurement; Fick's law; Fringe projection method; Maximum curvatures; Transient cyclical hygrothermal stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOELASTICITY;

CURVATURE MEASUREMENT; FICK'S LAW; FRINGE PROJECTION METHOD; HYGROTHERMAL STRESS; MAXIMUM CURVATURES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 34047227781     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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