Fibrous carbon materials have been attracted many researchers' attentions. Carbon fibers
have been developed as one of the most important industrial materials for modern science …

The aim of this study is to review three-dimensional (3D) braided fabrics and, in particular, to
provide a critical review of the development of 3D braided preform structures and …

The concept of multi-chain digital element analysis is established. This new approach is a
general numerical tool for textile mechanics. It can be used for textile process design and for …

This paper establishes the concept of a digital-element. A digital-element model was
developed to simulate textile processes and determine the micro-geometry of textile fabrics …

3D braided composites have a skin-core structure and can be divided into three regions:
interior, surface and corner. Each region is built up of identical unit-cells but the yarn …

Owing to the excellent integrated mechanical properties, 3D braided composites have a
broad range of engineering applications in aeronautics and astronautics industry. The …

While the theory and application of finite elements methods can be extended to
incompatible, hybrid, and mixed element methods, important issues, such as determining …

Pore defects have significant effect on the mechanical properties of 3D braided composites.
Two-scale finite element models of the fiber tows and the braided composites are developed …

The compressive mechanical properties of three dimensional (3D) braided composites are
of key concern for design in actual engineering application. A representative volume cell …

Recently developed digital element approach, which treats textile composite manufacturing
process as a nonlinear solid mechanics problem, was successfully used to investigate the …