Improving the prediction of tensile failure in unidirectional fibre composites by introducing matrix shear yielding

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2421-2427

  Behzadi, Shabnam ^a   Curtis, Paul T ^b   Jones, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Plastic deformation; C. Damage mechanics; C. Finite Element Analysis (FEA); C. Modelling; C. Probabilistic methods; C. Statistics; C. Stress Concentration

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. PLASTIC DEFORMATION; C. DAMAGE MECHANICS; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); C. MODELLING; C. PROBABILISTIC METHODS; C. STATISTICS; C. STRESS CONCENTRATION;

CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RESINS; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; EPOXY RESIN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTIVE MODEL; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRAIN; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 70349509086     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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