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On the simulation of textile reinforced composites and structures
Author(s) -
Haasemann Georg,
Ulbricht Volker
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200610220
Subject(s) - discretization , textile , stiffness , finite element method , materials science , composite material , deformation (meteorology) , macro , shear (geology) , fiber , composite number , structural engineering , computer science , engineering , mathematics , mathematical analysis , programming language
This paper presents experimental and numerical methods to perform simulations of the mechanical behavior of textile reinforced composites and structures. The first aspect considered refers to the meso‐to‐macro transition in the framework of the finite element (FE) method. Regarding an effective modelling strategy the Binary Model is used to represent the discretized complex architecture of the composite. To simulate the local response and to compute the macroscopic stress and stiffness undergoing small strain a user routine is developed. The results are transfered to the macroscopic model during the solution process. The second aspect concerns the configuration of the fiber orientation and textile shear deformation in complex structural components. To take these deformations which affect the macroscopic material properties into account they are regarded in a macroscopic FE model. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)