Stress concentrations in hybrid unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites with random fibre packings

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-16

  Swolfs, Yentl ^a   Gorbatikh, Larissa ^a   Verpoest, Ignaas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. Hybrid composites; C. Finite element analysis; C. Modelling; C. Stress concentrations; Random fibre packings

Indexed keywords

FIBRE CONTENT; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; HYBRID COMPOSITES; RELATIVE RATIOS; STRENGTH MODELS; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTORS; STRESS REDISTRIBUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PACKING;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TEXTILE FIBERS;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 84879354626     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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