Numerical investigation of effective thermo-mechanical properties in short fibre composites

I. Ioannou; A. Hodzic; I. Gitman

Numerical investigation of effective thermo-mechanical properties in short fibre composites

I. Ioannou
, A. Hodzic
, I. Gitman

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Abstract

The following study aims to investigate the contribution of various micromechanical parameters on the macroscopic response of a two-phase short fiber composite using numerical methods. Parameters like fiber length and fiber orientation were extensively studied under the concept of Representative Volume Element (RVE) in order to quantify the contribution of those parameters on the macroscopic response of the material. Results show that the macroscopic response of a composite material is strongly influenced by thermo-physical changes in the microstructure. Mechanical and thermal responses are compared for various cases of fiber orientation, fiber aspect ratio and length distributions. A comparison between RVE response and analytical micromechanical models showed a good agreement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2014
Publisher	European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM
ISBN (Electronic)	9780000000002
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2014 - Sevilla, Spain Duration: 22 Jun 2014 → 26 Jun 2014 Conference number: 16

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Conference	16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2014
Abbreviated title	ECCM
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Sevilla
Period	22/06/14 → 26/06/14

Keywords

Homogenization
RVE
Short fiber composites
Stochastic parameters

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Numerical investigation of effective thermo-mechanical properties in short fibre composites

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