TY - GEN
T1 - Response of random chopped fiber reinforced composite to uniaxial tensile load
AU - Pan, Yi
AU - Pelegri, Assimina A.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Recent interests of application of random chopped fiber reinforced composites in manufacturing lightweight components in the automotive industry motivate active research on the material behaviors of this kind of materials. A representative volume element is generated numerically based on microscopic observation on the realistic samples. It captures the complex meso-structure of random chopped fiber composites. A finite element model is developed for the RVE of random chopped fiber composite. The elastic stiffness properties of the composite material thus can be derived with homogenization scheme. The representative volume element was verified by Young's modulus obtained from experimental measurements and analytical calculation of the modulus by other methods. Furthermore, damages deboning of fiber/matrix interface is simulated using the representative volume element.
AB - Recent interests of application of random chopped fiber reinforced composites in manufacturing lightweight components in the automotive industry motivate active research on the material behaviors of this kind of materials. A representative volume element is generated numerically based on microscopic observation on the realistic samples. It captures the complex meso-structure of random chopped fiber composites. A finite element model is developed for the RVE of random chopped fiber composite. The elastic stiffness properties of the composite material thus can be derived with homogenization scheme. The representative volume element was verified by Young's modulus obtained from experimental measurements and analytical calculation of the modulus by other methods. Furthermore, damages deboning of fiber/matrix interface is simulated using the representative volume element.
KW - Cohesive zone
KW - Composites
KW - Effective elastic constants
KW - Finite element method
KW - Interfacial deboning
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2009-11440
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2009-11440
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78049387426
SN - 9780791843840
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
SP - 339
EP - 342
BT - Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2009, IMECE 2009
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009
Y2 - 13 November 2009 through 19 November 2009
ER -