Automatic generation and discretization of fully periodic representative volume elements of plain woven composites

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2018-12-01
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Jendrysik, Nadine  
Schneider, Konrad  
Bargmann, Swantje  
Institut
Kontinuums- und Werkstoffmechanik M-15  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/2642
Journal
Journal of composite materials  
Volume
52
Issue
29
Start Page
4061
End Page
4073
Citation
Journal of Composite Materials 29 (52): 4061-4073 (2018-12-01)
Publisher DOI
10.1177/0021998318774403
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85049044794
This paper introduces an efficient and simple method to automatically generate and mesh geometrically parametrized representative volume elements for plain woven fiber-reinforced composites. The presented approach is capable of generating representative volume elements with 10%–55% fiber volume fraction. The practical feasibility of the model is demonstrated on numerical examples for isotropic and anisotropic tow materials which are compared to analytical solutions.