Development of investigation into mechanical behaviour of three dimensional braided composites

Fuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Lu, Zixing ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a   Li, Zhongping ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Aerospace Research Institute of Materials and Processing Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Braided composites; Geometric models; Mechanical properties; Modulus; Strength

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHETIC TEXTILE FIBERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY METHOD; FIBER INCLINATION MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; THREE CELLS MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL BRAIDED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 4344624564     PISSN: 10003851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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