Constitutive relationship of fabric rubber composites and its application

X Xu, G Wang, H Yan, X Yao - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Fabric rubber composites have attracted great interests among researchers because of their
high specific strength and specific modulus. Developing accurate constitutive models is still …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study on nonlinearity of unidirectional carbon fibre-reinforced shape memory polymer composites

D Zhang, L Liu, X Lan, F Li, Y Liu, J Leng - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
A comprehensive and detailed experimental study has been conducted on shape memory
polymer composites (SMPCs) with different reinforcements, thicknesses, fibre volume …

[HTML][HTML] Bulging of inflated membranes made of fiber reinforced materials with different natural configurations

H Topol, NK Jha, H Demirkoparan, M Stoffel… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article, we study the inflation and bulging of fiber reinforced hyperelastic membranes
in which fibers are symmetrically arranged in two helically distributed families that are …

Viscoelastic behavior of glass-fiber-reinforced silicone composites exposed to cyclic loading

J Beter, B Schrittesser, B Lechner, MR Mansouri… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work was to analyze the influence of fibers on the mechanical behavior of
fiber-reinforced elastomers under cyclic loading. Thus, the focus was on the characterization …

Constitutive modeling and numerical simulations for dynamic strain aging in MMFX steel at elevated temperatures

Y Song, J Yeon, GZ Voyiadjis - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The mechanical behavior of Martensitic Microcomposite Formable Steel alloy for a wide
range of temperatures from room temperature to 923 K and strain rates from 0.0015 s− 1 to …

Effect of aging on the biaxial mechanical behavior of human descending thoracic aorta: Experiments and constitutive modeling considering collagen crosslinking

R Wang, JM Mattson, Y Zhang - Journal of the mechanical behavior of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Collagen crosslinking, an important contributor to the stiffness of soft tissues, was found to
increase with aging in the aortic wall. Here we investigated the mechanical properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Matrix–fiber interfacial debonding in soft composite materials: Cyclically behavior modeling and microstructural evolution

MR Mansouri, PF Fuchs, M Baghani… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is apparent from the literature that the matrix–fiber mechanical interaction, as a result of
interfacial adhesive bonds at the interface, significantly contribute to the macroscopic …

A three-dimensional constitutive equation for shape memory polymer composites considering energy dissipation under single loading–unloading condition

OH Kwon, JP Kim, JH Roh - Journal of Composite Materials, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs), composed of shape memory polymers
(SMPs) and fabrics, can recover their deformed shapes to initial configurations by changing …

Analyzing deformations in fiber-reinforced soft membranes undergoing axisymmetric inflation: Continuum model and experimental validation

A Moss, K Mohseni - European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 2024 - Elsevier
By incorporating arrays of nearly inextensible fibers into soft membranes capable of
undergoing large strains, this research explores the impact of these fibers on the …

A parametrized continuum constitutive model for reinforced thermoplastic composites with mechanically interlocked interface

A Kothari, IB Ozsoy, G Li - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Reinforced thermoplastic composites (RTPC) exhibit weak interfacial strength due to the low
surface energy of the polymer matrix. Recently, a concept of controlled mechanical …