Large-deformation constitutive theories for structural composites: Rate-dependent concepts and effect of microstructure

Strain

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Reifsnider, Kenneth ^a   Xing, Liqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Constitutive theories; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; IMPACT STRENGTH; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SHOCK TESTING; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING;

PLAIN-WEAVE VINYL ESTER COMPOSITE MATERIAL; THREE-PARAMETER CONSTITUTIVE MODEL;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 38349078124     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: 14751305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2007.00329.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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