Three-dimensional continuum analysis for a unidirectional composite with a broken fiber

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 14-15, 2008, Pages 4114-4129

  Ryvkin, Michael ^a   Aboudi, Jacob ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Broken fiber; Higher order theory; Penny shaped crack; Periodic unidirectional composites; Representative cell method

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

BROKEN FIBERS; PENNY-SHAPED CRACKS; PERIODIC UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES; REPRESENTATIVE CELL METHODS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 43049116180     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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