Numerical characterisation of Random glass Fibre Composite material

I. Ioannou; A. Hodzic; C. Soutis; I. Gitman; M.A. Al-Maadeed

Numerical characterisation of Random glass Fibre Composite material

I. Ioannou, A. Hodzic, C. Soutis, I. Gitman, M.A. Al-Maadeed

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Abstract

The current work demonstrates a numerical approach to spatially random short fibre composite materials based on the concept of Representative Volume Elements (RVE) in order to obtain the mechanical properties of Random Short Fibre Composites (RaFC). Mechanical characterization of RaFC is of high importance for lightweight structural applications due to their relatively high performance and low cost of production. A two phase heterogeneous material was created and analysed through a RVE approach and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was implemented. A homogenisation method was applied in order to obtain the micromechanical parameters of homogeneous-equivalent analyses in a bulk composite. RVE size was affirmed by a statistical analysis.

Original language	English
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - Jun 2012
Event	15th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites at Venice, ECCM 2012 - Venice, Italy Duration: 24 Jun 2012 → 28 Jun 2012

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Conference	15th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites at Venice, ECCM 2012
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Venice
Period	24/06/12 → 28/06/12

Keywords

Random Composite
Homogenisation
Representative Volume Element

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