Numerical simulation of the fiber fragmentation process in single-fiber composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2464-2470

  Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Zhang, Boming ^a   Du, Shanyi ^a   Wu, Yufen ^a   Sun, Xinyang ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

G. ABAQUS; G. Numerical simulation; G. Single fiber composite fragmentation test; G. User subroutine; I. Fiber break

Indexed keywords

FIBER COMPOSITE; G. USER SUBROUTINE; I. FIBER BREAK; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; USER SUBROUTINE;

ABAQUS; ARCH BRIDGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; SUBROUTINES;

FIBERS;

EID: 76549104214     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.11.050     Document Type: Article

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