A critical reliability evaluation of fibre reinforced composite materials based on probabilistic micro and macro-mechanical analysis

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 446-453

  Shaw, Andrew ^a   Sriramula, Srinivas ^b   Gosling, Peter D ^a   Chryssanthopoulos, Marios K ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; C. Micro mechanics; C. Statistical properties methods; Reliability

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); C. STATISTICAL PROPERTIES/METHODS; COMPOSITE MECHANICS; FAILURE CRITERIA; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FRP COMPOSITE; LIMIT STATE; MACRO SCALE; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE; MICRO AND MACRO; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE; RANDOM VARIABILITY; RELIABILITY EVALUATION; SIMPLY SUPPORTED; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES/METHODS; STRESS TENSORS; UNCERTAINTY MODELLING;

BENCHMARKING; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORTHOTROPIC PLATES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77955418588     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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