Micromechanics of composite materials : a generalized multiscale analysis approach

• Main Author: Aboudi, Jacob, 1935-
• Other Authors: Arnold, S. M., Bednarcyk, Brett A.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2013.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Subjects: Composite materials.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780123977595; 0123977592; 9780123970350; 1283706520; 9781283706520
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 984 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

With composites under increasing use in industry to replace traditional materials in components and structures, the modeling of composite performance, damage and failure has never been more important. Micromechanics of Composite Materials: A Generalized Multiscale Analysis Approach brings together c...

Table of Contents:

• Front Cover; Micromechanics of Composite Materials: A Generalized Multiscale Analysis Approach; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Fundamentals of Composite Materials and Structures; 1.2 Modeling of Composites; 1.3 Description of the Book Layout; 1.4 Suggestions on How to Use the Book; Chapter 2 Constituent Material Modeling; 2.1 Reversible Models; 2.2 Irreversible Deformation Models; 2.3 Damage/Life Models; 2.4 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 3 Fundamentals of the Mechanics of Multiphase Materials.
• 3.1 Introduction of Scales and Homogenization/Localization3.2 Macromechanics versus Micromechanics; 3.3 Representative Volume Elements (RVEs) and Repeating Unit Cells (RUCs); 3.4 Volume Averaging; 3.5 Homogeneous Boundary Conditions; 3.6 Average Strain Theorem; 3.7 Average Stress Theorem; 3.8 Determination of Effective Properties; 3.9 Mechanics of Composite Materials; 3.10 Comparison of Various Micromechanics Methods for Continuous Reinforcement; 3.11 Levin's Theorem: Extraction of Effective CTE from Mechanical Effective Properties.
• 3.12 The Self-Consistent Scheme (SCS) and Mori-Tanaka (MT) Method for Inelastic Composites3.13 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 4 The Method of Cells Micromechanics; 4.1 The MOC for Continuously Fiber-Reinforced Materials (Doubly Periodic); 4.2 The Method of Cells for Discontinuously Fiber-Reinforced Composites (Triply Periodic); 4.3 Applications: Unidirectional Continuously Reinforced Composites; 4.4 Applications: Discontinuously Reinforced (Short-Fiber) Composites; 4.5 Applications: Randomly Reinforced Materials; 4.6 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 5 The Generalized Method of Cells Micromechanics.
• 5.1 GMC for Discontinuous Reinforced Composites (Triple Periodicity)5.2 Specialization of GMC to Continuously Reinforced Composites (Double Periodicity); 5.3 Applications; 5.4 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 6 The High-Fidelity Generalized Method of Cells Micromechanics; 6.1 Three-Dimensional (Triply Periodic) High-Fidelity Generalized Method of Cells with Imperfect Bonding Between the Phases; 6.2 Specialization to Double Periodicity (for Continuous Fibers, Anisotropic Constituents, and Imperfect Bonding).
• 6.3 Reformulation of the Two-Dimensional (Doubly Periodic) HFGMC with Debonding and Inelasticity Effects6.4 Contrast Between HFGMC and Finite Element Analysis (FEA); 6.5 Isoparametric Subcell Generalization; 6.6 Doubly Periodic HFGMC Applications; 6.7 Triply Periodic Applications; 6.8 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 7 Multiscale Modeling of Composites; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Multiscale Analysis Using Lamination Theory; 7.3 HyperMAC; 7.4 Multiscale Generalized Method of Cells (MSGMC); 7.5 FEAMAC; 7.6 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 8 Fully Coupled Thermomicromechanical Analysis of Multiphase Composites.