Intra/inter-ply shear behaviors of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites in thermoforming processes

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1692-1703

  Chen, Qianqian ^a   Boisse, Philippe ^b   Park, Chung Hae ^a   Saouab, Abdelghani ^a   Bréard, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cohesive element; Composites; Continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic; In plane shear; Inter ply slip; Thermoforming process

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; PLASTICS; PROCESSING; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; SLIP FORMING; STRAIN RATE; THERMOFORMING; THERMOPLASTICS; VISCOELASTICITY; WEAVING;

COHESIVE ELEMENT; CONTINUOUS FIBERS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FORMING SIMULATIONS; IN-PLANE SHEAR; INTER-PLY SLIP; PROCESSING TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 79955473470     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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