A procedure for the simulation of failure in thermoplastic composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-349

  Fritzsche, P ^a   Weder, M ^a   Wyss, I ^b   Hormann M ^c   Muller J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b Quadrant Plastic Composites AG   (Switzerland)

^c CADFEM GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crash simulation; Regularization; Stochastic material properties; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CRASH SIMULATION; GLASS MAT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC; STRAIN LOCALIZATION;

THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STRAIN; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER;

EID: 44449087404     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2007.10.032     Document Type: Article

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