Simulation of progressive damage development in braided composite tubes under axial compression

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2247-2259

  McGregor, Carla J ^a   Vaziri, Reza ^a   Poursartip, Anoush ^a   Xiao, Xinran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; C. Damage mechanics; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); Crashworthiness

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSION; CARBON FIBERS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE TUBES; COMPRESSIVE RESPONSE; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DAMAGE PROPAGATION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 35648980032     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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