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 …

Effect of network architecture on the mechanical behavior of random fiber networks

MR Islam, RC Picu - Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
… in tension and compression, and in the context of large strain elasticity. We observe that, …
displacement boundary condition, are constrained to remain planar, but allowed to move in the …

A model for the elastic moduli of three-dimensional fiber networks and nanocomposites

AP Chatterjee - Journal of applied physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
… to three dimensions existing models for planar networks of elastic fibers. An approach has
been explored for combining such an elastic network model, appropriate for filler volume …

Modelling paper as a two-dimensional elastic–plastic stochastic network

CA Bronkhorst - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2003 - Elsevier
… The planar distribution of fiber centers is in general non-… fiber network before trimming
free fiber ends and edges of the square. The density of the network is 600 kg/m 3 and the fiber

Mechanics of random fiber networks—a review

RC Picu - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
… are two rigid body translations and one rotation in plane. … Hence, the elasticity is entirely
due to the behavior of the molecules viewed as entropic springs. Since classical rubber elasticity

On the strength of random fiber networks

S Deogekar, RC Picu - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2018 - Elsevier
… Here, fibers are considered linear elastic of Young's modulus E f , and of circular cross-…
The model faces parallel to the loading direction are kept planar, but are free to move in the …

An implicit stress gradient plasticity model for describing mechanical behavior of planar fiber networks on a macroscopic scale

P Isaksson - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2010 - Elsevier
planar fiber networks leads to erroneous results. The classical continuum description is too
simple to capture the essential mechanical behavior of a networkelastic–plastic fiber network

Characterization of the complete fiber network topology of planar fibrous tissues and scaffolds

A D'Amore, JA Stella, WR Wagner, MS Sacks - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
fiber network topology is presented. Micro-architectural features that fully defined fiber network
topology were detected and quantified, which include … Elasticity of planar fiber networks

Nonaffine rubber elasticity for stiff polymer networks

C Heussinger, B Schaefer, E Frey - … Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2007 - APS
network elastic constants in a self-consistent manner. Section IV is devoted to the specific
architecture of random fibrous networks in a planarfiber network with 225 fibers see Sec. IV. A …

Direct simulations of fiber network deformation and failure

A Kulachenko, T Uesaka - Mechanics of Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
elastic modulus of a fiber network varied very little statistically, as long as the average number
of fibers in the simulated specimen and the degree of fiber … -plane orientation of the fibers