Droplets display many unique properties in soft solid matrices, leading to various fascinating
phenomena. These phenomena have inspired multidisciplinary scientific designs involving …

Probabilistic analysis is increasing in popularity and importance within engineering and the
applied sciences. However, the stochastic perturbation technique is a fairly recent …

Efficient deployment of composites necessitates robust modelling approaches for
homogenization and micromechanics calculations. Mean field homogenization (MFH) …

In the present report some basic issues of and some of the modeling strategies used for
studying static and quasistatic problems in continuum micromechanics of materials are …

Liquid metal elastomer composites have gained significant attention in advanced
technologies including wearable electronics, soft robotics, and human-computer …

Mean-field homogenization methods relying on the solution of Eshelby's inclusion problem
do not provide accurate predictions when the interaction among reinforcements becomes …

To accurately predict the Effective Thermal Conductivities (ETCs) of Three-Dimensional (3D)
braided composites, this work proposes a multi-scale and multi-step Mean-Field …

This paper deals with the prediction of the elastic properties of polymer composites
reinforced with single walled carbon nanotubes. Our main contribution is the investigation of …

The calculation of the fiber orientation of short fiber-reinforced plastics with the Fokker–
Planck equation requires a considerable numerical effort, which is practically not feasible for …

Under fatigue loading, the stiffness decrease in short-fiber reinforced polymers reflects the
gradual degradation of the material. Thus, both measuring and modeling this stiffness is …