Modeling the non-linear deformation of a short-flax-fiber-reinforced polymer composite by orientation averaging

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 188-193

  Modniks, J ^a   Andersons, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

A. Discontinuous reinforcement; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); Flax fibers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTION; DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; FLAX FIBER; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; NONLINEAR DEFORMATIONS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); STRESS-STRAIN DIAGRAM;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLAX; LINEN; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; YARN;

LOADING;

EID: 84879101932     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.04.058     Document Type: Article

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