Room-to-low temperature thermo-mechanical behavior and corresponding constitutive model of liquid oxygen compatible epoxy composites

Y Jiang, L Liu, J Yan, Z Wu - Composites Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The room-to-low temperature (RT-LT) mechanical behavior of liquid oxygen-compatible
epoxy composites (LOC-EP) is of great importance in the strength analysis of lightweight …

Mechanical behaviour of carbon nanotube composites: A review of various modelling techniques

R Sahu, D Harursampath… - Journal of Composite …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aims to review and highlight the important modelling methodologies used for
studying carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their composites. Understanding appropriate …

Multiscale collaborative optimization for the thermochemical and thermomechanical cure process during composite manufacture

X Hui, Y Xu, W Zhang, W Zhang - Composites Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
To reconcile the contradiction between the improvement of carbon fiber reinforced resin
matrix (CFRP) composite performance and the increase of manufacturing cost, this paper …

A hierarchical multiscale strategy for analyzing the impact response of 3D braided composites

K Xu, W Chen, L Liu, Z Zhao, G Luo - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
A hierarchical multiscale framework has been developed to predict the impact response of
3D braided composites, in which a bridging model (unit cell model), was employed as a …

Microscale viscoplastic analysis of unidirectional CFRP composites under the influence of curing process

X Hui, Y Xu, J Wang, W Zhang - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Cure-induced residual stresses have a great impact on the mechanical behavior of carbon
fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites. This paper develops an integrated analytical …

[HTML][HTML] A hybrid micro-macro mechanical damage model to consider the influence of resin-rich zones on the transverse tensile behaviour of unidirectional composites

M Rezasefat, Y Mostafavi, D Ma, A Manes - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a hierarchical hybrid micro-macro mechanical damage model aimed to
simulate progressive failure in fibre reinforced composite materials. The hybrid model works …

[HTML][HTML] Failure prediction for fiber reinforced polymer composites based on virtual experimental tests

B Zhang, J Ge, F Cheng, J Huang, S Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel virtual experimental testing methodology that utilizes virtual microstructures
representative of genuine fiber distribution, is devised to micromechanically simulate and …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale digital image correlation at elementary fibre/matrix level in polymer–based composites

N Klavzer, SF Gayot, M Coulombier, B Nysten… - Composites Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multiscale mechanical modelling aims at predicting the failure of composites from the
fibre/matrix level up to the component scale. Existing frameworks are limited by the lack of …

Advances in cruciform biaxial testing of fibre-reinforced polymers

S Horta Muñoz, MC Serna Moreno - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The heterogeneity and anisotropy of fibre-reinforced polymer matrix composites results in a
highly complex mechanical response and failure under multiaxial loading states. Among the …

[HTML][HTML] Probability embedded failure prediction of unidirectional composites under biaxial loadings combining machine learning and micromechanical modelling

L Wan, Z Ullah, D Yang, BG Falzon - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents a data-driven, probability embedded approach for the failure prediction
of IM7/8552 unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials …