Crustacean-inspired helicoidal laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 222-232

  Shang, J S ^a   Ngern, Nigel H H ^a   Tan, Vincent B C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomimicry; Carbon fibres; Delamination; Finite element analysis (FEA); Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAMINATION; EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS); FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LAMINATES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT;

BIOMIMICRY; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FIBRE-REINFORCED EPOXY; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; INTERMITTENT LOADS; LOAD-DISPLACEMENT RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84962900924     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.04.007     Document Type: Article

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