Transverse elasticity of a unidirectionally reinforced composite with an irregular fibre arrangement: Experiments, theory and computations

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1973-1981

  Selvadurai, A P S ^a   Nikopour, H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational methods; Fibre reinforced materials; Representative area method; Scanning electron microscopy; Transversely isotropic elasticity properties

Indexed keywords

AREA METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 84859481047     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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