Finite element investigations on the microstructure of fibre-reinforced composites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 665-676

  Maligno, Angelo R ^a   Warrior, N A ^a   Long, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage mechanism; Failure criteria; Residual stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149099568     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2008.79     Document Type: Article

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