Modelling of Cutting Fibrous Composite Materials: Current Practice

Transverse Thermoelectricity in Fibrous Composite Materials

Transverse thermoelectric elements have the potential to decouple the electric current and the heat flow, which could lead to new designs of thermoelectric devices. While many theoretical and experimental studies of transverse thermoelectricity have focused on layered structures, this work examines composite materials with aligned fibrous inclusions. A simplified mathematical model was derived ...

FETI-based algorithms for modelling of fibrous composite materials with debonding

We show how we can exploit our recently proposed algorithms for the solution of contact problem of elasticity to the 2D analysis of the interfacial debonding of samples that consist of several fibres embedded in a homogeneous matrix, aligned in the longitudal direction. The performance of the algorithm is demonstrated on analysis of deformations of samples of the fibrous composite material.

A Study of Failure Criteria of Fibrous Composite Materials

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Fibrous Ceramic-ceramic Composite Materials Processing and Properties

Eddy Current Modeling in Composite Materials

The production of carbon fiber reinforced polymers, which are widely used both in civil and military applications, is an elaborate process un-free from faults and problems. Problems during the manufacturing, such as plies’ overlapping, can cause flaws in the resulting material, this way compromising its integrity. Compared with metallic materials, carbon epoxy composites show a number of advant...