Investigation of thermally induced bistable behaviour for tow-steered laminates

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 926-934

  Panesar, Ajit S ^a   Hazra, Kalyan ^a   Weaver, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Residual stress; Bistability; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); E. Stitching

Indexed keywords

BISTABLES; E. STITCHING; FE MODEL; FIBRE VOLUME FRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PLANFORM; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); PREPREGS; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH; THERMALLY INDUCED; TOW-STEERING;

BLENDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESINS;

LAMINATES;

EID: 84860170159     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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