Structural design and performance evaluation of FeCo/epoxy magnetostrictive composites

Z Yang, Z Wang, K Nakajima, D Neyama… - Composites Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A class of FeCo/epoxy magnetostrictive composites is prepared in this study to explore the
effect of the structural design of composites on the magnetostrictive properties. The …

Computationally-efficient homogenization and localization of unidirectional piezoelectric composites with partially cracked interface

Q Chen, G Wang - Composite Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The homogenized and localized responses of unidirectional piezoelectric composites with
partially cracked interface are investigated in this contribution. To simulate the electro-elastic …

Fully-coupled electro-magneto-elastic behavior of unidirectional multiphased composites via finite-volume homogenization

Q Chen, W Chen, G Wang - Mechanics of Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The effective and localized electro-magneto-elastic behavior of periodic unidirectional
composites is investigated in this work. Instead of adopting the classical micromechanics …

Homogenization and localization of ratcheting behavior of composite materials and structures with the thermal residual stress effect

D Yang, Z Yang, Z Zhai, X Chen - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this contribution, the ratcheting behavior and local field distribution of unidirectional metal
matrix composites are investigated under cyclic loading. To that end, we extended the finite …

Multi-step homogenization in the Mori-Tanaka-Benveniste theory

SG Abaimov, A Trofimov, IV Sergeichev, IS Akhatov - Composite structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Micromechanical schemes homogenizing elastic properties as well as thermal and electrical
conductivities of heterogeneous materials are most often developed as one-step procedures …

Numerical predictions for the effective size-dependent properties of piezoelectric composites with spherical inclusions

Y Solyaev, S Lurie - Composite Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present paper, the effective properties of particulate piezoelectric composites are
evaluated numerically in the framework of second gradient electroelasticity theory …

Homogenization and localization of imperfectly bonded periodic fiber-reinforced composites

G Wang, W Tu, Q Chen - Mechanics of Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
An elasticity-based micromechanics model is derived analytically to investigate the
homogenized and localized responses of unidirectional composites with imperfect …

PSO-driven micromechanical identification of in-situ properties of fiber-reinforced composites

Q Chen, G Wang - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Within the framework of micromechanics, the newly expanded Generalized Finite-Volume
Direct Averaging Micromechanics is connected to the gradient-free Particle Swarm …

Three-dimensional parametric finite-volume homogenization of periodic materials with multi-scale structural applications

Q Chen, G Wang, X Chen - International Journal of Applied …, 2018 - World Scientific
In order to satisfy the increasing computational demands of micromechanics, the Finite-
Volume Direct Averaging Micromechanics (FVDAM) theory is developed in three …

A tangent finite-volume direct averaging micromechanics framework for elastoplastic porous materials: Theory and validation

Q Chen, J Zhu, W Tu, G Wang - International Journal of Plasticity, 2021 - Elsevier
In this communication, we present a reformulated finite-volume direct averaging
micromechanics (FVDAM) framework for periodic multiphase materials with elastic-plastic …