Lattice structures, which are also known as architected cellular structures, have been
applied in various industrial sectors, owing to their fascinated performances, such as low …

The literature of numerical modeling of 3D woven composite reinforcements shows that a
wide range of impressive studies have been carried out in the last two decades. During this …

Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) woven composites have found extensive applications in
various areas, owing to the high resistance of impact and delamination, great design ability …

In recent years, a new class of composite reinforcements has gained considerable attention:
3D woven fabrics. Their advantages in terms of reducing preforming steps and their …

The mechanical properties and damage behaviors of carbon/epoxy woven fabric composite
under in-plane tension and compression are studied at the meso-scale level through …

3D woven fibre preforms are used to produce composites with good mechanical properties
and low mass. 3D woven structures consist of straight weft yarns and crimped warp yarns …

Generation of realistic finite element method (FEM) geometry of a textile composite material
at tow scale remains a challenging stage of material modeling. In this paper, a FE model …

The accuracy of strength prediction of 3D woven composites is strongly dependent on the
quality of the utilized mesoscale geometry model. This paper aims at presenting a novel …

An ad hoc methodology for voxel-based geometry reconstruction is proposed. The
reconstruction procedure outlined is fully automated and allows transforming explicit voxel …

Three-dimensional woven fabrics feature complex meso-architectures, such as yarn torsion
and cross-section variation. This paper aims to developing a novel numerical modeling …