Direct stress-strain representation for coated woven fabrics

Computers and Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 23-26, 2004, Pages 1913-1927

  Bridgens, B N ^a   Gosling, P D ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biaxial behaviour; Coated woven fabrics; Lightweight structures; Material models; Non linear; Response surface; Splines

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; DATA REDUCTION; ELASTICITY; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SPLINES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES; MATERIAL MODELS; RESPONSE SURFACES; WOVEN FABRICS FABRICS;

FABRICS;

EID: 4944233151     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2003.07.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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