Bistable prestressed symmetric laminates

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1119-1137

  Daynes, S ^a   Diaconu, C G ^a   Potter, K D ^a   Weaver, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bistable composites; Fiber prestress; Nonlinear deformations; Rsidual stress

Indexed keywords

BI-STABILITY; BI-STABLE COMPOSITE; BISTABLES; CROSS-PLY; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HYGROTHERMAL; NONLINEAR DEFORMATIONS; PRE-STRESS; PRE-STRESSED; SNAP-THROUGH; SYMMETRIC LAMINATES; T-EQUIVALENT;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES;

FIBERS;

EID: 77953172361     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998309351603     Document Type: Article

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