Numerical analysis of progressive damage in nonwoven fibrous networks under tension

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1670-1685

  Farukh, Farukh ^a   Demirci, Emrah ^a   Sabuncuoglu, Baris ^a   Acar, Memiş ^a   Pourdeyhimi, Behnam ^b   Silberschmidt, Vadim V ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage; Failure; Finite element; Microstructures; Non woven fabrics

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; DEFORMATION AND DAMAGES; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; MACROSCOPIC RESPONSE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION;

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DAMAGE DETECTION; DEFORMATION; FELT; FELTS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYPROPYLENES; TENSILE TESTING;

WEAVING;

EID: 84896703648     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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