Publication detail

Computational Modeling of Fiber Composites with Thick Fibers as Homogeneous Structures with Use of Couple Stress Theory

FEDOROVA, S.

English title

Computational Modeling of Fiber Composites with Thick Fibers as Homogeneous Structures with Use of Couple Stress Theory

Type

Chapter in a book

Language

en

Original abstract

Unidirectional fibre-reinforced elastomers are investigated. A respective finite strain model is formulated within the couple stress theory and a specific new form of strain energy density is implemented for the three-dimensional finite element analysis. The homogeneous anisotropic model is based on kinematics and constitutive equations proposed by Spencer and Soldatos (2007) and includes additional material parameter regulating bending stiffness of the material regardless of its tensile stiffness. The procedure of determination of the additional material parameter is offered for the case of simple beam under small strains. Numerical simulations of four-point bending test are presented to demonstrate advantage of the new model.

Keywords in English

hyperelasticity, anisotropy, fibre composite, Cosserat continuum, finite element method

Released

2015-08-16

ISBN

978-3-319-20007-1

Book

Design and Analysis of Reinforced Fiber Composites

Pages from–to

25–47

Pages count

23

BIBTEX


@inbook{BUT115819,
  author="Svitlana {Fedorova} and Tomáš {Lasota} and Jiří {Burša}",
  title="Computational Modeling of Fiber Composites with Thick Fibers as Homogeneous Structures with Use of Couple Stress Theory",
  booktitle="Design and Analysis of Reinforced Fiber Composites",
  year="2015",
  series="Pedro V. Marcal, Nobuki Yamagata",
  edition="1",
  pages="25--47",
  doi="10.1007/978-3-319-20007-1",
  isbn="978-3-319-20007-1",
  url="http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319200064"
}