Effective mechanical properties of "fuzzy fiber" composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2577-2593

  Chatzigeorgiou, George ^a   Seidel, Gary Don ^b   Lagoudas, Dimitris C ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b State University   (United States)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Polymer matrix composites; C. Micro mechanics; Carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION HOMOGENIZATION; C. MICRO-MECHANICS; CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE CYLINDERS; EFFECTIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; EXTENDED VERSIONS; FIBER COMPOSITE; IN-PLANE SHEAR MODULUS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICROFIBERS; MORI TANAKA METHOD; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; STRESS AND STRAIN;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84862845918     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.03.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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