Representative volume element of anisotropic unidirectional carbon-epoxy composite with high-fibre volume fraction

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 3184-3192

  Thomas, M ^a,b   Boyard, N ^a   Perez, L ^a   Jarny, Y ^a   Delaunay, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b AIRBUS   (France)

Author keywords

B. Microstructure; C. Laminate; C. Statistics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

AERONAUTICS INDUSTRIES; B. MICROSTRUCTURE; C. LAMINATE; C. STATISTICS; EFFECTIVE PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; EPOXY COMPOSITES; FIBRE VOLUME FRACTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; OPTICAL IMAGES; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATIONS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; SPATIAL DESCRIPTORS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

ANISOTROPY; CARBON FIBER; COMPOSITE; EPOXY RESIN; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LAMINATE; MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 55849101489     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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