Effect of finite thickness and free Edges on stresses in plain weave composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 675-692

  Owens, Brian C ^a   Whitcomb, John D ^a   Varghese, Julian ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Finite thickness; Free edge effects; Micromechanics; Stacking sequence effect; Woven composite

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE THICKNESS; FREE-EDGE EFFECTS; STACKING SEQUENCE; WOVEN COMPOSITE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MICROMECHANICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WEAVING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77951075175     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998309347571     Document Type: Article

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