TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical Investigation of Thermal and Thermo-mechanical Effective Properties for Short Fibre Reinforced Composite
AU - Ioannou, Ioannis
AU - Hodzic, Alma
AU - Gitman, Inna M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge Qatar Science and Technology Park for their financial support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - This study aims to investigate the thermal conductivity and the linear coefficient of thermal expansion for short fibre reinforced composites. The study combines numerical and statistical analyses in order to primarily examine the representative size and the effective properties of the volume element. Effects of various micromechanical parameters, such as fibre’s aspect ratio and fibre’s orientation, on the minimum representative size are discussed. The numerically acquired effective properties, obtained for the representative size, are presented and compared with analytical models.
AB - This study aims to investigate the thermal conductivity and the linear coefficient of thermal expansion for short fibre reinforced composites. The study combines numerical and statistical analyses in order to primarily examine the representative size and the effective properties of the volume element. Effects of various micromechanical parameters, such as fibre’s aspect ratio and fibre’s orientation, on the minimum representative size are discussed. The numerically acquired effective properties, obtained for the representative size, are presented and compared with analytical models.
KW - Homogenisation
KW - RVE
KW - Short fibre reinforced composites
KW - Stochastic parameters
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U2 - 10.1007/s10443-016-9569-1
DO - 10.1007/s10443-016-9569-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85001850134
SN - 0929-189X
VL - 24
SP - 999
EP - 1009
JO - Applied composite materials
JF - Applied composite materials
IS - 5
ER -