Reducing the domain in the mechanical analysis of periodic structures, with application to woven composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 969-979

  De Carvalho, N V ^a   Pinho, S T ^a   Robinson, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Textile composites; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); C. Multiscale modelling; Unit Cell

Indexed keywords

3D WOVEN COMPOSITES; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); C. MULTISCALE MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL-WEAVES; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TEXTILE COMPOSITE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; UNIT CELLS; WOVEN COMPOSITE;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; TEXTILES; WEAVING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79954715041     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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