A simplified approach for flexural behavior of epoxy resin materials

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-31

  Fard, Masoud Yekani ^a   Liu, Yingtao ^a   Chattopadhyay, Aditi ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature; Deflection; Epoxy resin; Fourpoint bending (4PB); Load; Moment distribution; Nonlinear response; Stress strain relations; Three point bending (3PB)

Indexed keywords

CURVATURE; FOUR-POINT BENDING; LOAD; MOMENT DISTRIBUTION; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; STRESS STRAIN RELATION; THREE POINT BENDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; RESINS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 84863278001     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: 20413130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309324711430023     Document Type: Article

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