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An orthotropic plasticity model was developed for unidirectionally reinforced fibrous composites. A simplified plastic potential function with a single parameter was proposed for the flow rule. The parameters of the plasticity model were determined by simple tension tests on off-axis composite specimens. It was shown that this plasticity model was able to characterize the nonlinear behavior of polymeric and metal-matrix composites.
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Sun, C.T. (1999). Testing and Modeling of Inelastic Behavior of Fibrous Composites. In: Soares, C.A.M., Soares, C.M.M., Freitas, M.J.M. (eds) Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures. NATO Science Series, vol 361. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4489-6_7
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