Application of the finite element method in the analysis of composite materials: A review

S David Müzel, EP Bonhin, NM Guimarães, ES Guidi - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of composite materials in several sectors, such as aeronautics and automotive, has
been gaining distinction in recent years. However, due to their high costs, as well as unique …

Skin-interfaced self-powered pressure and strain sensors based on fish gelatin-based hydrogel for wireless wound strain and human motion detection

R Yan, Q Sun, X Shi, Z Sun, S Tan, B Tang, W Chen… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass-based hydrogels, due to their excellent biocompatibility, can behave as wearable
monitoring platforms for healthcare applications and triboelectric sensing devices. However …

[HTML][HTML] Periodic boundary condition and its numerical implementation algorithm for the evaluation of effective mechanical properties of the composites with …

W Tian, L Qi, X Chao, J Liang, M Fu - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
To evaluate the effective mechanical properties of the composites with complicated micro-
structures, the RVE based FE homogenization method with the periodic boundary condition …

[HTML][HTML] A finite element based orientation averaging method for predicting elastic properties of short fiber reinforced composites

SM Mirkhalaf, EH Eggels, TJH Van Beurden… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Short fiber reinforced composites have a variety of micro-structural parameters that affect
their macro-mechanical performance. A modeling methodology, capable of accommodating …

[HTML][HTML] A new algorithm to generate non-uniformly dispersed representative volume elements of composite materials with high volume fractions

C Cai, B Wang, W Yin, Z Xu, R Wang, X He - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel algorithm is proposed to generate three-dimensional random spatial
distribution representative volume elements (RVEs) of composite materials. The approach is …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and computational analysis of structure-property relationship in carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites fabricated by selective laser …

H Tang, H Chen, Q Sun, Z Chen, W Yan - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
A fundamental understanding of structure-property relationship of carbon fiber reinforced
polymer (CFRP) composites fabricated by selective laser sintering (SLS) is essential to …

The sequential addition and migration method to generate representative volume elements for the homogenization of short fiber reinforced plastics

M Schneider - Computational Mechanics, 2017 - Springer
We present an algorithm for generating volume elements of short fiber reinforced plastic
microstructures for prescribed fourth order fiber orientation tensor, fiber aspect ratio and …

[PDF][PDF] A short introduction to basic aspects of continuum micromechanics

HJ Böhm - Cdl-fmd report, 1998 - ilsb.tuwien.ac.at
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 …

Micro-mechanical analysis on random RVE size and shape in multiscale finite element modelling of unidirectional FRP composites

NK Balasubramani, B Zhang, NT Chowdhury… - Composite …, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing a high-fidelity stochastic multi-scale modelling framework that can capture the
structure–property relationship in a computationally efficient manner is of interest to the …

Multi-scale analysis on the tensile properties of UHPC considering fiber orientation

J Yu, B Zhang, W Chen, H Liu - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The effect of fiber orientation distribution on the multi-scale tensile properties of ultra-high
performance concrete (UHPC) was investigated. Firstly, the orientation tensor description …