Micromechanical modelling and experimental investigation of random discontinuous glass fiber polymer-matrix composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 3278-3285

  Bouaziz, A ^a   Zairi F ^a   Nait Abdelaziz M ^a   Gloaguen, J M ^b   Lefebvre, J M ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Debonding; B. Microstructure; B. Modelling; D. Videoextensometry

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DEBONDING; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROMECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FIBER DEBONDING; MICROMECHANICAL MODELLING; VIDEOEXTENSOMETRY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

DAMAGE; DEBONDING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PREDICTIVE MODEL;

EID: 35348879127     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.03.031     Document Type: Article

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