Axial-Compressive Behavior, Including Kink-Band Formation and Propagation, of Single p-Phenylene Terephthalamide (PPTA) Fibers
Figure 7
Coarse-grained microstructure, during axial compression, within the computational cell containing (initially) defect-free virgin PPTA fiber at the longitudinal stretch values of (a) 0.975; (b) 0.950; (c) 0.925; and (d) 0.900.