Evolution of stress and deformations in high-temperature polymer matrix composites during thermo-oxidative aging

Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-68

  Pochiraju, K V ^a   Tandon, G P ^b   Schoeppner, G A ^c  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic oxidation; Damage; High temperature polymer matrix composites; Modeling; Oxidation; Oxidation induced stress; PMR 15; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DEFORMATION; GALERKIN METHODS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHRINKAGE; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMOOXIDATION;

ANISOTROPIC OXIDATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS (RVE);

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 41549139351     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11043-007-9042-5     Document Type: Article

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