Three-dimensional numerical simulation of random fiber composites with high aspect ratio and high volume fraction

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Jin, Bo Cheng ^a   Pelegri, Assimina A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aspect ratio; composites; fiber strand; finite elements; modeling; random fiber networks; representative volume element

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODELS; VOLUME FRACTION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

ECONOMICAL FABRICATION; FIBER ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION; NUMERICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RANDOM FIBERS; RANDOM SEQUENTIAL ADSORPTION; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

FIBERS;

EID: 80455144736     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004701     Document Type: Article

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