Multi-scale characterization of orthotropic microstructures

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Tschopp, M A ^a,b   Wilks, G B ^a,c   Spowart, J E ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FLUID MECHANICS; PRESSURE DROP; REINFORCEMENT; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

LENGTH SCALING;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 51349121468     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/16/6/065009     Document Type: Article

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