The thermal buckling response of square plates with variable angle tows under simply supported conditions is modeled numerically. path tow as a function lateral location. classical lamination theory utilizes fiber paths to calculate loads and stiffness matrices. Using Kirchhoff plate finite element theory, the global material matrix geometric are obtained. By using these matrices, eigenvalues o...

A reflection fiber inclinometer is proposed and experimentally demonstrated based on two linearly polarized (LP) modes coupling. The configuration consists of a section of polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) containing a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) splicing with single mode fiber (SMF). Bending the PMF in the upstream of FBG can induce an additional birefringence of PMF, which results in the int...

In dentin restoration, collagen fiber network infiltration is an issue. Using data from the litterature, we have constructed a relevant numerical geometrical model of the network. The specificity of our model is that the fibers are taken into account implicitly using a regularized Heaviside function. This function is either used to set the viscosity or to localize the contact line where capilla...

Over millennia nature has produced composite materials with excellent mechanical properties compared to the low of their base and managed obtain a good compatibility between stiffness toughness; as result, they are source inspiration for material optimization applications, such increasing toughness damage resistance, something that is difficult in conventional engineering materials. Nowadays ei...

In order to research the multi-level structure of Lyocell fiber at different draw ratios and reveal limiting factors for preparing high strength fiber, paper reports on effect ratio including low drawing (1–5), (6–11) excessive (12–20) mechanical properties fiber. The was determined by wide-angle X-ray diffraction, small-angle scattering fibrillation test, result showed that, stage, breaking st...

Light-sheet-based fluorescence imaging techniques rely on simultaneous excitation of a single optical plane and thus permit high-contrast optically sectioned imaging of extended tissue samples. Here, we introduce a miniaturized fiber-optic implementation of a selective plane-illumination microscope (miniSPIM). The excitation light was delivered through a single-mode optical fiber, and a light-s...

We have developed a method for measuring fiber kinematics in two-dimensional soft collagenous tissues. The technique combines small-angle light scattering (SALS) and biaxial stretch controlled by simultaneous optical strain measurement. Preliminary findings on porcine aortic valve leaflets and bovine pericardium indicate that fiber kinematics are highly tissue specific and are generally non-aff...

This paper investigates the free edge effect on the stress field of a carbon fiber, which is embedded into an epoxy matrix. The fiber is assumed to possess cylindrical symmetry and to be transversely isotropic. The matrix is assumed to be of an isotropic material. The stress field is induced by a uniform tension applied on the matrix at points far away from the fiber surface. The displacement a...