3D textile composite mechanical properties prediction using automated fea of the unit cell

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Crookston, Jonathan J ^a   Kari, Sreedhar ^a   Warrior, Nicholas A ^a   Jones, I Arthur ^a   Long, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer aided engineering; Fatigue life prediction; Finite element analysis; Multi scale modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; GLASS CERAMICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TEXTILES; WEAVING;

3D TEXTILE COMPOSITES; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; MECHANICAL MODELLING; MODEL CREATION; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; TEXTILE COMPOSITE; UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM; USER INTERVENTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 85076869719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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