Multi-scale Unit Cell Analyses of Textile Composites
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چکیده
Unit cell homogenization techniques are applied on multiple length scales to compute the macroscopic hyperelastic stiffness characteristics of textile-reinforced polymer matrix composites. On the smallest scale (~50μm) the effective transversely isotropic properties of tows (or yarns) are computed based on both fiber and matrix properties. These position-dependent transversely isotropic effective yarn properties are then incorporated into a full textile unit cell model and the nonlinear effective stiffness properties of the textile composite are computed and discussed.
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