Effects of interphase material properties in unidirectional fibre reinforced composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-44

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymers; B. Interphase; C. Damage mechanics; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); C. Residual stress

Indexed keywords

C. DAMAGE MECHANICS; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); CURING PROCESS; DAMAGE ANALYSIS; DAMAGE INITIATION AND EVOLUTION; DAMAGE MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; INTERPHASE MATERIALS; INTERPHASE PROPERTIES; LOCAL DAMAGE; MATRIX; MECHANICAL LOADING; MICRO-MECHANICAL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; STIFFNESS DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; THERMAL RESIDUAL STRESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TRANSVERSE TENSILE; UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES; UNIT CELLS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; RESINS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CURING (CHEMISTRY); DAMAGE; EPOXY RESIN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MECHANICS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 70450222915     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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