Investigation on the compressive properties of the three dimensional four-directional braided composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 392-405

  Fang, Guodong ^a   Liang, Jun ^a   Lu, Qi ^a   Wang, Baolai ^b   Wang, Yu ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D braided composites; Damage model; Non linear analysis; Representative volume cell

Indexed keywords

3D BRAIDED COMPOSITES; BRAIDED COMPOSITES; COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPRESSIVE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; COMPUTATION MODEL; DAMAGE AND FAILURE; DAMAGE DEVELOPMENT; DAMAGE MODEL; DAMAGE THEORY; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FIBER MISALIGNMENTS; INITIAL IMPERFECTION; LONGITUDINAL SHEAR; NON-LINEARITY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME CELL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) BRAIDED COMPOSITES;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WEAVING; WOOL; YARN;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPOSITES; FAILURE; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WEAVING; WOOL; YARN;

EID: 79951512665     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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