Automatic generation and discretization of fully periodic representative volume elements of plain woven composites. (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jendrysik, Nadine; Schneider, Konrad; Bargmann, Swantje
• Is Part Of: Journal of composite materials. Volume 52:Number 29(2018)
• Page Start: 4061
• Page End: 4073
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: Automatic generation and discretization -- fully periodic representative volume element -- periodic mesh -- plain woven composite; Composite materials -- Periodicals; Composites -- Périodiques; 620.118
• DOI: 10.1177/0021998318774403
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9983

Abstract

This paper introduces an efficient and simple method to automatically generate and mesh geometrically parametrized representative volume elements for plain woven fiber-reinforced composites. The presented approach is capable of generating representative volume elements with 10%–55% fiber volume fraction. The practical feasibility of the model is demonstrated on numerical examples for isotropic and anisotropic tow materials which are compared to analytical solutions.