Elasticity of planar fiber networks

XF Wu, YA Dzenis - Journal of Applied Physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
… FN deformations based on the elastic deformation of a single fiber segment statistically.
Accordingly, we assume that the microscopic deformations of a fiber segment comply with the …

A continuum micromechanics approach to the elasticity and strength of planar fiber networks: Theory and application to paper sheets

PMJS Godinho, M Jajcinovic, L Wagner, V Vass… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
… Then we introduce elastic material behavior at the fiber level, which implies multilinear …
stiffness tensor of the planar fiber networks, as function of fiber stiffness and porosity (Section 3.2). …

Random fiber networks and special elastic orthotropy of paper

M Ostoja-Starzewski, DC Stahl - Journal of elasticity and the physical …, 2000 - Springer
… We consider a particular in-plane elastic orthotropy observed experimentally for various
types of paper, namely: S1111 + S2222 − 2S1122 = S1212, where Sijkm are components of the …

[HTML][HTML] Crack growth in planar elastic fiber materials

P Isaksson, PJJ Dumont, SR Du Roscoat - International Journal of Solids …, 2012 - Elsevier
… Although these materials may, at a first look, appear different they are in fact very similar
from a structural point of view: fiber network materials are all composed of structural fibers

In-plane and out-of-plane stiffness of 2D random fiber networks: Micromechanics and non-classical stiffness relation

F Pan, F Zhang, Y Chen, Z Liu, X Zheng, B Liu - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
… To make a comprehensive understanding on their in-plane and especially out-of-plane
elastic properties, a mechanics model is established and analytical expressions for the in-…

Filament-length-controlled elasticity in 3D fiber networks

CP Broedersz, M Sheinman, FC MacKintosh - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
fiber networks to study their linear and nonlinear elasticity. In contrast to previous 2D models,
these 3D networks … with respect to fiber stretching elasticity, suggesting that bending may …

Length scale dependent elasticity in random three-dimensional fiber networks

S Tyznik, J Notbohm - Mechanics of Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
… To compute the force in each fiber predicted by classical linear elasticity, we began with the
… the ith fiber and the neutral axis. As the continuum stress is supported by n fibers in a cross …

Micromechanics of a planar hybrid fibrous network

N Pan, J Chen, M Seo, S Backer - Textile research journal, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
… The analytic investigation using micromechanics on a hybrid fiber network, which we present …
When we apply the well documented continuum elasticity theory to the system, we actually …

Cross-linked fiber network embedded in an elastic matrix

L Zhang, SP Lake, VH Barocas, MS Shephard, RC Picu - Soft matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
fiber network embedded in a matrix is studied in this work. The network is composed from
linear elastic fibers … matrix and the ends of fibers intersecting the respective plane (red dots). …

Homogenized elastic response of random fiber networks based on strain gradient continuum models

K Berkache, S Deogekar, I Goda… - … and Mechanics of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
… with uniformly distributed orientation, each passing through a point distributed according
to a Poisson point process in a square plane domain of dimension L , denoted the “window of …