Multiscale modeling of composite materials: a roadmap towards virtual testing

J LLorca, C González… - Advanced …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A bottom‐up, multiscale modeling approach is presented to carry out high‐fidelity virtual
mechanical tests of composite materials and structures. The strategy begins with the in situ …

Metal matrix composites

A Mortensen, J Llorca - Annual review of materials research, 2010 - annualreviews.org
In metal matrix composites, a metal is combined with another, often nonmetallic, phase to
produce a novel material having attractive engineering attributes of its own. A subject of …

Mechanical behavior of unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymers under transverse compression: Microscopic mechanisms and modeling

C González, J LLorca - Composites Science and Technology, 2007 - Elsevier
The mechanical behavior of polymer–matrix composites unidirectionally reinforced with
carbon or glass fibers subjected to compression perpendicular to the fibers was studied …

Effect of fiber, matrix and interface properties on the in-plane shear deformation of carbon-fiber reinforced composites

E Totry, JM Molina-Aldareguía, C González… - Composites Science and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The effect of fiber, matrix and interface properties on the in-plane shear response of carbon-
fiber reinforced epoxy laminates was studied by means of a combination of experiments and …

Microscopic failure mechanisms of fiber-reinforced polymer composites under transverse tension and compression

L Yang, Y Yan, Y Liu, Z Ran - Composites Science and Technology, 2012 - Elsevier
The mechanical behavior of unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer composites subjected to
tension and compression perpendicular to the fibers is studied using computational …

Composite structure modeling and mechanical behavior of particle reinforced metal matrix composites

Y Su, Q Ouyang, W Zhang, Z Li, Q Guo, G Fan… - Materials Science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present work aims to investigate the relationship between the mechanical behavior and
composite structure of silicon carbide (SiC) particle reinforced aluminum matrix composites …

Computational micromechanics of composites: the effect of particle spatial distribution

J Segurado, J LLorca - Mechanics of materials, 2006 - Elsevier
The effect of the reinforcement spatial distribution on the tensile deformation was
investigated in a sphere-reinforced ductile-matrix composite through the finite element …

Failure locus of fiber-reinforced composites under transverse compression and out-of-plane shear

E Totry, C González, J LLorca - Composites Science and Technology, 2008 - Elsevier
The failure locus a fiber-reinforced composite lamina, made up of 50vol.% of carbon fibers
embedded in an epoxy matrix, is computed under transverse compression and out-of-plane …

A review on micromechanical methods for evaluation of mechanical behavior of particulate reinforced metal matrix composites

GV Jagadeesh, S Gangi Setti - Journal of Materials Science, 2020 - Springer
Particulate reinforced metal matrix composites (PRMMC) are the most promising alternative
for applications where the combination of high strength, elastic modulus, specific stiffness …

Multiscale mullite fiber/whisker reinforced silica aerogel nanocomposites with enhanced compressive strength and thermal insulation performance

X Zhang, T Zhang, Z Yi, L Yan, S Liu, X Yao, A Guo… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The multiscale architecture of the mullite fiber/mullite whisker was fabricated and applied for
reinforcing silica aerogel. The mullite whisker could successfully grow on the mullite fiber …