Investigation of trapezoidal corrugated aramid/epoxy laminates under large tensile displacements transverse to the corrugation direction

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-176

  Thill, Christophe ^a   Etches, Julie A ^a   Bond, Ian P ^a   Potter, Kevin D ^a   Weaver, Paul M ^a   Wisnom, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Aramid fibre; A. Laminates; B. Anisotropy; B. Plastic deformation; Corrugations

Indexed keywords

A. ARAMID FIBRE; A. LAMINATES; ANISOTROPIC STIFFNESS; ARAMID FIBRE; B. ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; CONSTANT STRESS; CORRUGATED STRUCTURES; ELASTIC-PLASTIC MATERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; GLASS AND CARBON FIBRE; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; LOCAL FAILURE; MORPHING WINGS; NON-LINEAR FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PLASTIC HINGES; STIFFNESS PROPERTIES; STRAIN RESPONSE; TENSILE DEFORMATION; TENSILE DISPLACEMENT; THREE STAGES; TRANSVERSE TENSILE; UNIT CELLS;

AIRCRAFT; ANISOTROPY; CARBON FIBERS; CORRUGATED MATERIALS; FIBERS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS;

PLASTIC LAMINATES;

EID: 71649083909     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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