Inelastic and failure analysis of Laminate structures by ABAQUS incorporated with a general constitutive relationship

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1135-1181

  Huang, Zheng Ming ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ABAQUS; Composite structure; Computer code; FEM analysis; Laminated composite; Nonlinear behavior; Ultimate strength; User subroutine

Indexed keywords

ABAQUS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER CODE; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; ULTIMATE STRENGTH; USER SUBROUTINE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 34547817059     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684407079753     Document Type: Article

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