Numerical generation of a random chopped fiber composite RVE and its elastic properties

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2792-2798

  Pan, Yi ^a   Iorga, Lucian ^a   Pelegri, Assimina A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Short fiber composites; B. Elastic properties; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); C. Modeling; C. Multiscale modeling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FIBER OPTICS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LAMINATES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; TITRATION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

A. SHORT-FIBER COMPOSITES; AND MODELING; B. ELASTIC PROPERTIES; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); C. MODELING; C. MULTISCALE MODELING; CANDIDATE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE LAMINATES; CURVED FIBERS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FIBER COMPOSITES; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE PROPERTIES; LIGHT-WEIGHT COMPONENTS; LIGHT-WEIGHT STRUCTURES; MASS-PRODUCTION; PARTICLE - REINFORCED COMPOSITES; RANDOM SEQUENTIAL ABSORPTION; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT; STRAIGHT FIBERS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

ELASTIC PROPERTY; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 52749086592     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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