Predicting the coefficient of thermal expansion for textile composites based on a unit cell approach

The study focuses on unit cell FE modelling to predict coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs) for sheared fabric laminates. Shear, as a dominant deformation mode in textile composites forming, introduces high degrees of anisotropy in both elasticity and thermal expansion. The unit cell predictions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brown, Louise P., Zeng, Xuesen, Long, Andrew C., Brooks, Richard, Jones, I. Arthur
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3268/