Effect of fiber properties on plastic behavior of 2 × 2 biaxial braided composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 969-977

  Goyal, Deepak ^a   Whitcomb, John D ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Textile composites; B. Plastic deformation; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); E. Braiding; Micromechanics

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROMECHANICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TEXTILES;

BIAXIAL BRAIDED COMPOSITES; BRAIDING; FIBER PROPERTIES; PLASTIC BEHAVIOR; TEXTILE COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

BRAIDING; DAMAGE; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LOADING (TESTING); PLASTIC; STRAIN; STRESS; SYNTHETIC RESIN; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 38649125953     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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