Numerical evaluation of effective material properties of transversely randomly distributed unidirectional piezoelectric fiber composites

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-372

  Kari, Sreedhar ^a   Berger, Harald ^a   Rodriguez Ramos, Reinaldo ^b   Gabbert, Ulrich ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Homogenization; Piezoelectric fiber composites; Random sequential adsorption algorithm; Representative volume element method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SURFACE TESTING;

PIEZOELECTRIC FIBER COMPOSITES; RANDOM SEQUENTIAL ADSORPTION (RSA) ALGORITHMS; RANDOM SEQUENTIAL ADSORPTION ALGORITHMS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT METHODS (RVE);

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 33947216644     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X06066293     Document Type: Article

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