Viscoplastic analysis of fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites under various loading conditions

Polymer Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1601-1610

  Guedes, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL LAMINATE THEORY; CONSTANT STRAIN RATE; EPOXY SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIBER COMPOSITE; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; HIGH STRAIN RATES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOADING AND UNLOADING; LOADING CONDITION; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MODEL PREDICTION; MODIFIED MODEL; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; ONE-PARAMETER PLASTICITY MODEL; SIMPLE MODEL; STRAIN EVALUATION; VISCOPLASTIC; VISCOPLASTIC MODELS;

GLASS FIBERS; LAMINATES; PLASTIC PARTS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRESS ANALYSIS; UNLOADING;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 70350215783     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: 15480569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.20733     Document Type: Article

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