Compression deformation of a biaxial stitched glass fibre reinforcement: Visualisation and image analysis using X-ray micro-CT

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-150

  Somashekar, A A ^a   Bickerton, S ^a   Bhattacharyya, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; B. Plastic deformation; C. Micro mechanics; X ray micro CT

Indexed keywords

B. PLASTIC DEFORMATION; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; COMPRESSION DEFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; FIBRE BUNDLE; GLASS FIBRES; IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; NON-LINEAR; PERMANENT DEFORMATIONS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS; TIME-DEPENDENT DEFORMATION; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; VISUALISATION; X-RAY MICRO-CT;

COMPACTION; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINATES; MECHANICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REINFORCEMENT; VISUALIZATION; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650239111     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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