Evaluation of influence of interphase material parameters on effective material properties of three phase composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 684-691

  Kari, Sreedhar ^a   Berger, Harald ^b   Gabbert, Ulrich ^b   Guinovart Diaz, Raul ^c   Bravo Castillero, Julian ^c   Rodriguez Ramos, Reinaldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

A. Coating; A. Fibers; B. Interphase; B. Mechanical properties; B. Modeling

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; VOLUME FRACTION;

RANDOM SEQUENTIAL ADSORPTION; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT APPROACH;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 38749083837     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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