A representative volume element based on translational symmetries for FE analysis of cracked laminates with two arrays of cracks

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1793-1804

  Li, S ^a   Singh, C V ^a   Talreja, R ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Cracked laminate analysis; Representative volume element (RVE); Symmetry; Unit cell

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACK DETECTION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATES; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

CRACK SPACINGS; CRACK SURFACES; CRACKED LAMINATE ANALYSIS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FE-ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENTS; LOCAL STRESS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); RUNNING-IN; SYMMETRY; TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRIES; UNIT CELL;

CRACKS;

EID: 60349116008     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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