FINITE ELEMENT PROCEDURE FOR STRESS AMPLIFICATION FACTOR RECOVERING IN A REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME OF COMPOSITES MATERIALS. DOI: 10.5028/jatm.2011.03033911

Authors

  • Paulo Cesar Plaisant Junior EMBRAER
  • Flávio Luiz de Paula Bussamra ITA
  • Francisco Kioshi Araki EMBRAER

Keywords:

Micromechanics, Finite element analysis, Composites, Stress amplification factor, Microstress distribution.

Abstract

Finite element models are proposed to the micromechanical analysis of a representative volume of composite materials. A detailed description of the meshes, boundary conditions, and loadings are presented. An illustrative application is given to evaluate stress amplification factors within a representative volume of the unidirectional carbon fiber composite plate. The results are discussed and compared to the numerical findings.

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2012-01-03

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