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Micromechanical Analysis of Inelastic Fibrous Laminates

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IUTAM Symposium on Transformation Problems in Composite and Active Materials

Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and its Applications ((SMIA,volume 60))

Abstract

Analysis of the inelastic behavior of fibrous composite laminates with detailed representation of the lamina microgeometry is described. Loading is limited to uniform in-plane stresses and out-of-plane normal stress, and to uniform changes in temperature. The objective is to predict the overall strains and the local fields in the constituents. This has been achieved by analysis of the laminates on two interacting structural scales, a microscopic scale which models the individual plies, and a macroscopic scale which provides the plies loading path. Macromechanical analysis of the laminate was conducted with the transformation field method, while micromechanical analysis of each ply was performed with the finite element method. Implementation of this methodology for laminates with a viscoplastic matrix is described.

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  1. Structural Engineering Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Y. A. Bahei-El-Din, I. A. Ibrahim & A. G. Botrous

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    Yehia A. Bahei-El-Din

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    George J. Dvorak

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Bahei-El-Din, Y.A., Ibrahim, I.A., Botrous, A.G. (1998). Micromechanical Analysis of Inelastic Fibrous Laminates. In: Bahei-El-Din, Y.A., Dvorak, G.J. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Transformation Problems in Composite and Active Materials. Solid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46935-9_4

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