A model to predict the effective stiffness of woven fabric composite materials is presented. Taking advantage of the inherent periodicity of woven fabric architecture, periodic microstructure theory is used at the mesoscale for the case of a two-phase heterogeneous material with multiple periodic inclusions. For plain weave fabrics, the representative volume element (RVE) is discretized into fi...

The elastoplastic deformation behaviors of hollow glass microspheres/iron syntactic foam under tension were modeled using a representative volume element (RVE) approach. The three-dimensional microstructures of the iron syntactic foam with 5 wt % glass microspheres were reconstructed using the random sequential adsorption algorithm. The constitutive behavior of the elastoplasticity in the iron ...

In this manuscript, the computational homogenisation of phase-field fractures is addressed. To end, a variationally consistent two-scale fracture framework developed, which formulates coupled momentum balance and evolution equations at macro-scale as well Representative Volume Element (RVE1) scale. The variable represent RVE scale, however, macro-scale, it treated an auxiliary variable. latter ...

In this paper, a numerical multiscale method is proposed for computing the response of structures made of linearly non-aging viscoelastic and highly heterogeneous materials. In contrast with most of the approaches reported in the literature, the present one operates directly in the time domain and avoids both defining macroscopic internal variables and concurrent computations at micro and macro...

Using crystal plasticity, finite element analyses were carried out to model cyclic deformation for a low solvus high refractory (LSHR) nickel superalloy at elevated temperature. The analyses were implemented using a representative volume element (RVE), consisting of realistic microstructure obtained from SEM images of the material. Monotonic, stress-relaxation and cyclic test data at 725 C were...

The present paper aims to develop a micromechanics-based effective elastic model of functionally graded composites. At the macroscopic scale, effective material properties of the composites are uniform in the same graded layer while gradually changing along the grading direction. Microstructurally, infinite particles are randomly dispersed in the matrix with gradual transitions. Particles are a...

The mechanical properties of electrospun nanofiber membranes are critical for their applications. A clear understanding of the mechanical properties that result from the characteristics of the individual fiber and membrane microstructure is vital in the design of fiber composites. In this reported study, silk fibroin (SF)/polycaprolactone (PCL) composite nanofiber membranes were preparedusing a...

Deformation mechanisms and failure of textile laminates are strongly affected by inter-layer configurations – a mutual shift of the plies. To model it within a traditional framework, one must construct a representative volume element (RVE), which includes all the plies. This is a time consuming and computationally expensive work. As an alternative, the paper suggests boundary conditions (BC) im...

In the present study we elucidate nature of local strain statistics evolution during tensile deformation in polycrystalline materials. A rate-independent formulation was implemented within a crystal plasticity framework by means representative volume element (RVE) analysis. Local elastic strain, as well stress, were found to obey normal distribution, whereas plastic conforms lognormal distribut...