The effect of temperature on stress transfer between a broken fibre and the adjacent fibres in unidirectional fibre composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2690-2696

  Behzadi, S ^a   Jones, F R ^a  

^a Department of Engineering Materials   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Stress strain curves; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); C. Stress concentrations; Matrix yielding

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PAINTING; RESINS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); AXIAL STRAINS; B. STRESS/STRAIN CURVES; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); C. STRESS CONCENTRATIONS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELASTO-PLASTIC; FE MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; MATRIX YIELDING; RADIAL DISTANCES; STRAIN CONCENTRATION FACTORS; STRESS-TRANSFER; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D);

FIBERS;

ELASTOPLASTICITY; EPOXY RESIN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATRIX; POLYMER; STRAIN; STRESS; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 52749088791     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.04.046     Document Type: Article

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