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An approach on determining elastic parameters and Coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of a 2.5-dimensional (2.5D) braided composites is proposed in this paper, by adopting mesoscopic mechanics integrated Finite element (FE) modeling. According to the geometric features of meso-structure, Representative volume cell (RVC) models of composite for predicting thermo-elastic parameters are established. On the basis of the models, homogenized parameter prediction is carried out in three steps: Firstly, equivalent elastic properties is predicted subject to periodic displacement boundary conditions; secondly, the equivalent thermal modulus is determined by using the periodic non-adiabatic temperature boundary conditions; thirdly, using the obtained elastic parameters and thermal modulus to calculate the equivalent coefficient of thermal expansion. A multiscale finite element analysis is conducted: The thermo-elastic parameters of yarn is calculated using the RVC model; subsequently, the equivalent parameters of the yarn are substituted into the RVC of 2.5D braided C/SiC composites, to predict the thermo-elastic parameters. Results indicate that the CTE determined by homogenized parameter prediction of 2.5D C/SiC composites shows good agreements with the experimental results. At last, the refined FE model and the equivalent homogeneous model are employed to verify the effectiveness of the predicted parameters in terms of effective modeling. After the comparative analysis on thermal modal data between refined model and equivalent model, the acquired results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in determining thermo-elastic parameters.
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Sufang Chen is a postgraduate student in Department of Engineering Mechanics, Southeast University, China. Her research interests include Structural dynamics analysis and model updating of composite.
Qingguo Fei, Ph.D, Professor, graduated from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research interests include structural dynamics, inverse problems as system identification, structural vibration acoustics/ vibro- acoustics, dynamical strength assessment and composite material.
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Chen, S., Fei, Q., Jiang, D. et al. Determination of thermo-elastic parameters for dynamical modeling of 2.5D C/SiC braided composites. J Mech Sci Technol 32, 231–243 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-017-1224-8
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