Constitutive modeling of fiber composites with a soft hyperelastic matrix
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Constitutive modeling of fiber composites with a soft hyperelastic matrix
This paper presents an experimental and numerical study of unidirectional carbon fiber composites with a silicone matrix, loaded transversally to the fibers. The experiments show nonlinear behavior with significant strain softening under cyclic loading. The numerical study uses a plane-strain finite element continuum model of the composite material in which the fiber distribution is based on ex...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Solids and Structures
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0020-7683
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2011.11.006