Development of a model for predicting the transverse coefficients of thermal expansion of unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced composites

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-182

  Dong, Chensong ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre; Coefficient of thermal expansion; Composites

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; FUSION REACTOR DIVERTORS; MODEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING; THERMAL STRESS;

APPLICATIONS.; CARBON FIBRE; CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION; COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSIONS; COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL-EXPANSION; COMPOSITES; COMPUTATION PROCESSES; DEVELOPED MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; UNIT CELLS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 53349162142     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-008-9065-3     Document Type: Article

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