Micromechanical strength modeling and investigation of stitch density effects on 3D orthogonal composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 3125-3142

  Karkkainen, Ryan L ^a   Tzeng, Jerome T ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method.; Micromechanics; Textile reinforcement

Indexed keywords

3D ORTHOGONAL; DIRECT MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT; GLASS COMPOSITES; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE STIFFNESS; LOADING CONDITION; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MODELING RESULTS; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STITCH DENSITY; STRENGTH PROPERTY; TEXTILE REINFORCEMENT; THROUGH-THICKNESS REINFORCEMENTS; TRANSVERSE SHEAR; TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; TEXTILES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEAVING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70749125813     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998309345329     Document Type: Article

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