Fatigue of hybrid glass/carbon composites: 3D computational studies

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-79

  Dai, Gaoming ^a   Mishnaevsky, Leon ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A. Hybrid composites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fatigue; C. Modeling

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING; CYCLIC LOADS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GEOMETRY; HYBRID MATERIALS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

AUTOMATIC GENERATION; CARBON/GLASS FIBERS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FIBER MISALIGNMENTS; HYBRID COMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); TENSION COMPRESSIONS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84893780453     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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