Composites: Part B 60 (2014) 378–391
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Thermomechanical properties and stress analysis of 3-D textile
composites by asymptotic expansion homogenization method
Muhammad Ridlo Erdata Nasution a,⇑, Naoyuki Watanabe a, Atsushi Kondo a,b, Arief Yudhanto a
a
b
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 6-6 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo 191-0065, Japan
e-Xtream Engineering, MSC Software Company, 1-23-7 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
a r t i c l e
i n f o
Article history:
Received 11 September 2013
Received in revised form 2 November 2013
Accepted 22 December 2013
Available online 3 January 2014
Keywords:
A. Fabrics/textile
B. Thermomechanical
C. Computational modelling
a b s t r a c t
This paper formulates asymptotic expansion homogenization method for the analysis of 3-D composites
whereby thermomechanical effects are considered. The equivalent thermomechanical properties, viz.
elastic constants and coefficient of thermal expansion, of 3-D orthogonal interlock composites are
obtained based on a unit-cell derived from the optical microscopy observation. The Young’s modulus
and Poisson’s ratio obtained from the analysis are compared with those obtained by experiments. The
results show a good agreement especially for the Young’s modulus. Localization analysis based on the
present formulation is also presented to assess the stresses within the constituents of 3-D composites
(fiber tows and resin region) due to mechanical loading and temperature difference. In order to facilitate
the localization analysis, the unit-cell of 3-D composites is first subjected to temperature difference in
order to obtain thermal residual stresses. Subsequently, a beam model utilizing homogenized thermomechanical properties of 3-D composites is built to obtain stresses due to mechanical loading. Two loading
cases are considered: beam under uniaxial tension (Case 1) and beam under bending load (Case 2). The
thermal residual stresses and stresses due to mechanical loading in each case are then superposed to
obtain total stresses. The total stresses are then used to understand the complete response of composite
constituents under mechanical and thermal loadings.
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1. Introduction
Composite materials have been widely used in aerospace structures due to their excellent properties as compared to the metallic
materials, e.g. high strength-to-weight ratio, good corrosion resistance. The recent development of composite materials aims to obtain better characteristics, such as enhanced damage tolerance and
delamination resistance. However, the complexity and heterogeneity of composites often come with costly computational efforts. A
modeling approach whereby all composite constituents (fibers
and matrix) are explicitly built renders cumbersome meshing techniques, and requires high computational resources. An excellent
technique to cope with this problem is to idealize the composite
as a unit-cell representing the whole constituents and the corresponding responses, while the equivalent properties and other
detailed stresses can be obtained. Representative unit-cell
approach has been commonly used in the analysis of 3-D textile
composites. Several studies employing this approach in order to
predict the failure strength and ballistic impact damage behavior
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of 3-D orthogonal woven composites were performed by Tan
et al. [1] and Sun et al. [2], respectively.
Dealing with the so-called unit-cell, asymptotic expansion
homogenization (AEH) method is often employed. This method assumes that the unit-cell can be repeated in specific directions to
represent periodicity. AEH regards the composite structure as a
homogeneous macrostructure, which is formed by a large number
of periodic and heterogeneous microstructure. AEH incorporates
asymptotic expansion analysis to couple between microscopic
and macroscopic behavior of a system [3]. Generally, AEH is often
formulated to obtain thermomechanical properties of heterogeneous structures. Guedes and Kikuchi [4] derived a rigorous formulation of AEH method, and applied the formulation to analyze
sandwich honeycomb plate. AEH is also used to analyze textile
composites [5–8] and metal-matrix composites [9]. Francfort [10]
developed asymptotic expansion technique for the case of linear
thermoelasticity. The incorporation of thermal effects into the heterogeneous unit-cell was performed by several authors to obtain
mechanical properties as well as the coefficient of thermal expansions (CTE) [11–13].
In order to investigate the response of a unit-cell, localization
analysis is usually performed in the framework of AEH. The
localization analysis can be seen as a reverse scheme of the
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homogenization method that aims to obtain the local stresses of a
unit-cell in a microscopic scale due to the external loads applied
onto the homogeneous macrostructure [5,14]. However, in the
studies described in Refs. [5,14], thermal residual stresses were
not considered. In fact, thermal residual stresses may affect the
damage behavior of composites [15,16].
In this paper, a detailed mathematical and finite element formulation of AEH method is proposed to study the thermomechanical response of 3-D textile composite. The textile composite under
consideration is 3-D orthogonal interlocked composites. The
numerical analysis includes the calculation of equivalent thermomechanical properties, and the localization analysis whereby the
critical regions in the constituents of 3-D orthogonal interlock
composites are identified based on the maximum stresses. Two
load cases, namely uniaxial tension and bending, are studied to
determine the critical loading condition by which the damage
may initiate in 3-D orthogonal interlock composites. The method
developed in this paper may potentially aid the material selection
processes, damage analysis of composites, design of textile composites and other engineering steps in various industries (aerospace, automotive, marine, electronic devices [17], medical [18],
etc.). Apparently, the composite material selected for present analysis, i.e. 3-D orthogonal interlock composites, has a limited commercial application due to high cost pertaining to the
manufacturing processes. This specific type of 3-D composites
has been applied only for a few specific areas where 2-D laminates
and metallic materials cannot satisfy the desired properties [19].
Nevertheless, the type of 3-D composites selected herein is deemed
appropriate to test the capability of homogenization method because of their microstructural complexities.
and u0 denote actual displacement and macroscopic displacement.
Similar to actual stress, actual displacement is also periodic. The
macroscopic displacement is changing linearly from A to A0 .
2.2. Periodic vector function
From the viewpoint of microscopic and macroscopic scales,
microstructural variables within unit-cell vary. Accordingly, periodic vector function g which is a function of macroscopic coordinate x and microscopic coordinate y is introduced
g e ðxÞ ¼ gðx; yÞ;
e
gðx; yÞ ¼ gðx; y þ YÞ
ð1Þ
ð2Þ
where Y is the dimension of the unit-cell. Derivatives of g with respect to the macroscopic coordinate x can be obtained according to
the chain rule:
@
@g 1 @g
½gðx; yÞ ¼
þ
@xi
@xi e @yi
ð3Þ
The following expressions are used to describe the limit of integration of Y-periodicity vector function as e approaches zero from
the positive side
e!0
Z
2. Asymptotic expansion homogenization method
The homogenization method is generally employed in a multiscale analysis, which involves at least two spatial scales, namely
microscopic and macroscopic scales. In this regard, homogenization method correlates both scales by considering a periodic and
heterogeneous microstructure in the microscopic scale as a homogeneous macrostructure in macroscopic scale. Viewed from macroscopic scale, the periodicity of the microstructure is assumed very
small. Two aforementioned spatial scales can be seen in Fig. 1,
whereby Fig. 1(a) is a unit-cell in microscopic scale, whilst
Figs. 1(b) and (c) are heterogeneous and homogenous macrostructure in macroscopic scale. In Fig. 1(a), it is noted that the unit-cell is
heterogeneous and periodic. The coordinate system used in microscopic scale is y = (y1, y2, y3), while that used in macroscopic scale
is x = (x1, x2, x3). Both scales are correlated by a very small positive
number e = x/y. When e approaches zero, the heterogeneous macrostructure (Fig. 1(b)) can be regarded as a homogeneous macrostructure (Fig. 1(c)).
The periodicity of a very small microstructure in the macroscopic scale necessitates the use of asymptotic expansion analysis.
Asymptotic expansion analysis has a powerful capability to transfer the properties and behavior of the microstructure into the macroscopic representation. Consider a beam subjected to uniaxial
traction force shown in Fig. 2(a). Four unit-cells (UC), namely
UC1, UC2, UC3 and UC4, can be identified as a subset of the beam.
Each unit-cell is assumed to have two black bricks and two white
bricks. The distance between UC1 and UC4 is represented by A–A0 .
Figs. 2(b) and (c) show the responses of the unit-cell in terms of
stress (r11) and displacement (u1). In Fig. 2(b), r0 and rH denote actual stress and homogenized stress, respectively. The actual stress
is periodic, while homogenized stress is constant. In Fig. 2(c), ue
x
The vector function considers the periodicity on the microscopic coordinate y, which is called Y-periodic. Homogenization
method is implemented by assuming that the unit-cell is periodic,
viz. infinitely repeated unit-cell in three directions (x1, x2 and x3).
Due to Y-periodicity, Eq. (1) can be written as follows
limþ
2.1. General concept
where y ¼
limþ e
e!0
Xe
Z
gðx; yÞdX !
Se
1
jYj
Z Z
1
jYj
Z Z
gðx; yÞdX !
X
gðx; yÞdYdX
ð4Þ
gðx; yÞdSdX
ð5Þ
U
S
X
where |Y| denotes unit-cell volume.
2.3. Principle of virtual works
Structural problems in equilibrium condition can be effectively
solved by using the principle of virtual work. The principle specifies that the equilibrium of a system is satisfied if and only if the
integration of the product of the forces and virtual displacement
on every point of the system is equal to zero [20]. Eq. (6) mathematically expresses the principle of virtual work by involving the
equilibrium equation of force.
Z
@ rij
þ fi v i dX ¼ 0
@xj
X
ð6Þ
where rij denotes the stresses acting on the domain X, fi is body
force, vi is virtual displacement, and xj is macroscopic (global) coordinate system. The application of integration by parts and divergence theorem to Eq. (6) yields
Z
X
rij
@v i
dX ¼
@xj
Z
fi v i dX þ
X
Z
t i v i dC
ð7Þ
Ct
where ti is traction force, which is the product of stresses and normal vector on the boundary Ct. In this study, the constitutive equation is linear, and the deformation is small. Stress–strain
relationship in linear thermomechanical problem can be expressed
as follows
t
rij ¼ C ijkl ðetot
kl ekl Þ
ð8Þ
t
where Cijkl is elastic constants tensor, etot
kl is total strain, and ekl
denotes thermal strain. The mechanical strain–displacement
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Fig. 1. (a) Heterogeneous unit-cell, (b) heterogeneous macrostructure and (c) homogeneous macrostructure.
Fig. 2. (a) Beam subjected to traction force, (b) stress response of the unit-cell and (c) displacement response of the unit-cell.
relationship and thermal strain are described by Eqs. (9) and (10),
respectively.
em
kl ¼
1 @uk @ul
þ
2 @xl @xk
etkl ¼ akl DT
ð9Þ
ð10Þ
where u is the actual displacement, akl is the coefficient of thermal
expansion and DT is the temperature difference. By substituting
Eqs. (9) and (10) into Eq. (8), and considering the symmetry of elastic tensor, stresses can be re-expressed as follows
rij ¼ C ijkl
@uk
akl DT
@xl
ð11Þ
Consider again the heterogeneous unit-cell and macrostructure
as shown in Figs. 1(a) and (b), respectively. The macrostructure
consists of a large amount of unit-cells, where the unit-cell is
composed of ‘‘solid part’’ ¥ and ‘‘hollow part’’ h. The unit-cell is
subjected to traction p on surface S in microscopic field Y. The heterogeneous microstructure in Fig. 1(b) is subjected to body forces f
and tractions t. Displacement is prescribed on the boundary Cd.
The principle of virtual works is then employed to solve the thermomechanical problem by substituting Eq. (11) into Eq. (7) and
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by incorporating Se pei v i dS into the equation, which yields a governing equation as follows
R
Z
Xe
C eijkl
e
Z
Z
Z
@uk
@v i
aekl DT
dX ¼
fie v i dX þ
t i v i dC þ
pei v i dS
@xl
@xj
Xe
Ct
Se
ð12Þ
Superscript e in Eq. (12) indicates that the variable is a function
of total region (e.g. including microstructure).
2.4. Formulation of AEH method
le
The actual displacement
asymptotic expansion series:
k
in Eq. (12) can be represented by
uek ¼ u0k þ eu1k þ e2 u2k þ
@ðu0k þ eu1k þ e2 u2k þ Þ
@v i
C eijkl
aekl DT
dX
@xl
@xj
Xe
Z
Z
Z
¼
fie v i dX þ
t i v i dC þ
pei v i dS
Z
Se
Ct
e2 :
Order of
1
¼
Z
e :
1
Z
e2
1
e
Xe
Z
C eijkl
e
Xe
C ijkl
@u0k @ v i
dX ¼ 0
@yl @yj
"
ð14Þ
#
0
@u0k @ v i
@uk @u1k
@v i
e
dX
þ
þ
akl DT
@yl @xj
@xl
@yl
@yj
ð16Þ
"
#
1
@u0k @u1k
@uk @u2k @ v i
@v i
e
dX
Order of e :
C ijkl
þ
akl DT
þ
þ
@xl @yl
@xj
@xl @yl @yj
Xe
Z
Z
¼
fie v i dX þ
t i v i dC
ð17Þ
Z
0
Xe
"
#
0
@u0k @ v i
@uk @u1k
@v i
C ijkl
þ
þ
akl DT
dYdX
@yl @xj
@xl
@yl
@yj
X U
Z Z
1
¼
p v i dSdX
jYj X S i
1
jYj
Z Z
By choosing v = v(x) and by considering the expression (20), following equation is obtained
pi v i ðxÞdS ¼ 0
ð22Þ
e
Ct
By choosing v = v(y) and considering Eq. (22), following equation is obtained
1
jYj
"
#
@u0k ðxÞ @u1k
@ v i ðyÞ
dYdX ¼ 0
C ijkl
þ
akl DT
@yj
@yl
@xl
U
Z Z
X
u1k ðx; yÞ ¼ vpq
k ðyÞ
@u0p ðxÞ
wk ðyÞ
@xq
ð24Þ
where v and w denote the characteristic displacement vectors for
elastic and thermal problem, respectively, which are used to separately solve microscopic problem and macroscopic problem.
By substituting Eq. (24) into Eq. (23), following equation is
obtained
Z Z
@ vpq @u0p ðxÞ
@u0k ðxÞ @ v i ðyÞ
1
dYdX
C ijkl k
@yj
jYj X U
@yl @xq
@xl
X U
Z Z
@ v i ðyÞ
1
@wk
@ v i ðyÞ
dYdX
C ijkl
þ akl DT
dYdX
@yj
jYj X U
@yj
@yl
1
jYj
Z Z
C ijkl
¼0
ð25Þ
2.5.1. Order of e2
By multiplying Eq. (15) with e2, and by taking the limit as
e ? 0+, (i.e. using expression (4)), following equation is obtained
@u0 @ v i
C ijkl k
dYdX ¼ 0
@yl @yj
U
Z Z
X
ð23Þ
where u0k represents macroscopic displacement, which is a function
of macroscopic coordinate x, while u1k represents microscopic displacement obtained by involving the characteristic displacement
vectors. Microscopic displacement u1k can be written as follows
2.5. Solving the hierarchical equations
1
jYj
ð21Þ
S
ð15Þ
pei v i dS
Se
ð20Þ
2.5.2. Order of e1
By multiplying Eq. (16) with e1, and by taking the limit as e ? 0+
(i.e. using expression (4) and (5)), following equation is obtained
Z
It is important to note that the thermal strain has been incorporated into Eq. (14). By taking the derivatives of actual and virtual
displacement, i.e. by using Eq. (3), and by assuming that the limit
of all integral equations in Eq. (14) exist when e ? 0+, Eq. (14)
can be satisfied if the terms of each order of e is zero. Therefore,
Eq. (14) is arranged into three hierarchical equations based on
the order of e as follows
Order of
u0k ¼ u0k ðxÞ
ð13Þ
By substituting Eq. (13) into Eq. (12), an expanded form of the
governing equation can be obtained
Xe
The third and fourth terms of square brackets in Eq. (19) cancel
each other due to the Y-periodicity, i.e. in each pair of corresponding surfaces Ya and Yb. Based on mathematical treatment in Ref. [4],
the remaining equation implies that
ð18Þ
Eq. (25) can be expressed in a compact form as follows
1
jYj
Z Z "
X
U
!
!#
@ vkl
@wp
@u0k ðxÞ
p
C ijkl C ijpq
C ijpq
þ apq DT
@yq
@yq
@xl
@ v i ðyÞ
dYdX ¼ 0
@yj
ð26Þ
Virtual displacement v is arbitrary, and it can be a function of
macroscopic coordinate x (v = v(x)) or microscopic coordinate y
(v = v(y)). If v = v(x), Eq. (18) can be automatically satisfied. If
v = v(y), Eq. (18) can be expanded by applying integration by parts
and Gauss’ divergence theorem as follows
Eq. (26) can be decoupled into two equations representing the
elastic and thermal problems to separately calculate the solution
of two characteristic displacement vectors (v and w). Two microscopic equilibrium equations can be respectively written as follows
3
R
@u0k
@u0k
@
Z
C
v
ðyÞdY
þ
C
n
v
ðyÞdS
i
j
i
ijkl
ijkl
U @yj
S
1
@yl
@yl
7
6
5dX ¼ 0
4 R
R
@u0k
@u0k
jYj X
þ Y a C ijkl @y nj v i ðyÞdY a þ Y b C ijkl @y nj v i ðyÞdY b
Elastic problem :
2
R
l
Z
C ijkl C ijpq
U
l
ð19Þ
Thermal problem :
Z
U
C ijpq
!
@ vkl
@ v i ðyÞ
p
dY ¼ 0
@yq
@yj
@wp
þ apq DT
@yq
!
@ v i ðyÞ
dY ¼ 0
@yj
ð27Þ
ð28Þ
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2.5.3. Order of e0
By taking the limit of Eq. (17) as e ? 0+ (i.e. using expression
(4)), following equation is obtained
Z
f2gT fCgkl dY n
1
jYj
Z
_
f2gT ½CfwgdY
n þ
Z
X
"
#
1
@u0k @u1k
@uk @u2k @ v i
@v i
C ijkl
þ
akl DT
þ
þ
dYdX
@xl
@yl
@xj
@xl
@yl @yj
U
Z Z
Z
1
¼
fi v i dYdX þ
t i v i dC
jYj X U
Ct
ð29Þ
By selecting v = v(x), macroscopic equilibrium equations can be
obtained.
0
Z
@uk ðxÞ @u1k
1
@ v i ðxÞ
C ijkl
þ
akl DT dY
dX
@xj
@yl
@xl
X jYj U
Z
Z
Z
1
¼
fi dY v i ðxÞdX þ
t i v i ðxÞdC
X jYj U
Ct
Z
ð30Þ
Substitution of Eq. (24) into Eq. (30) yields
@u0k ðxÞ
@ v i ðxÞ
dY
dX
@xj
@xl
X
U
!
Z
@ vpq @u0p ðxÞ
1
@ v i ðxÞ
C ijkl k
dY
dX
@yl @xq
@xj
X jYj U
Z
Z
1
@wk
@ v i ðxÞ
C ijkl
þ akl DT dY
dX
jYj
@xj
@y
X
U
l
Z
Z
Z
1
¼
fi dY v i ðxÞdX þ
t i v i ðxÞdC
X jYj U
Ct
1
jYj
Z
Z
Z
C ijkl
X
C 0ijkl ðxÞ
@xl
@ v i ðxÞ
dX ¼
@xj
ð31Þ
sij ðxÞ
X
sij ðxÞ ¼
rtij ðxÞ ¼
bi ðxÞ ¼
Z
C ijkl C ijpq
U
1
jYj
Z
C ijpq
1
jYj
Z
C ijpq apq DTdY
1
jYj
U
!
@ vkl
p
dY
@yq
@wp
dY
@yq
ð32Þ
fi dY
where
kl
fv_ g ¼ ½Bfvgkl
ð39Þ
_ ¼ ½Bfwg
fwg
ð40Þ
f2g ¼ ½Bfv g
ð41Þ
kl
where {v} denotes the elastic corrector of mode ‘kl’, {w} is the
thermal corrector, {v} is the virtual displacement vector, [C] is the
elastic constants matrix, {C}kl is the column ‘kl’ of matrix [C], and
[B] is the strain shape function matrix obtained from the derivatives
of shape function matrix [N]. ¥n indicates the n-th element of domain ¥.
Eqs. (37) and (38) can be re-arranged by removing the virtual
displacement vectors
Z
½BT ½C½BdY n fvgkl ¼
Z
Z
½BT ½C½BdY n fwg ¼
½BT fCgkl dY n
ð42Þ
Un
Z
½BT ½CfaDTgdY n
ð43Þ
Un
It is important to note that the elastic correctors have a symmetric property, e.g. vkl = vlk. In other words, six independent
modes of v11, v22, v33, v12, v23 and v13 have to be calculated
independently.
vkl ð0; y2 ; y3 Þ ¼ vkl ðl1 ; y2 ; y3 Þ
vkl ðy1 ; 0; y3 Þ ¼ vkl ðy1 ; l2 ; y3 Þ
vkl ðy1 ; y2 ; 0Þ ¼ vkl ðy1 ; y2 ; l3 Þ
ð44Þ
ð33Þ
where l1, l2 and l3 are the dimension of unit-cell in each axis. To ensure that the unique solution of periodic boundary condition is attained on each node of the opposite faces in the finite element
model, following equation is applied:
ð34Þ
fvgkl ¼ fvgkl
1
jYj
Z
fvgkl dY
ð45Þ
U
ð35Þ
The periodic boundary condition is represented by elastic corrector v. Eqs. (44) and (45) are also valid for thermal corrector w
by replacing {v}kl by {w}.
ð36Þ
3.3. Homogenized thermomechanical properties
U
Z
ð38Þ
Periodic boundary conditions are applied on the surfaces of the
unit-cell. Periodic boundary conditions in in-plane and out-ofplane directions of the unit-cell can be written as follows
where
1
jYj
f2gT ½CfaDTgdY n ¼ 0
3.2. Periodic boundary conditions
Z
Ct
C 0ijkl ðxÞ ¼
ð37Þ
Un
Un
@ v i ðxÞ
dX þ rtij ðxÞ
@xj
X
Z
@ v i ðxÞ
dX þ bi ðxÞv i ðxÞdX
@xj
X
Z
þ
ti ðxÞv i ðxÞdC
Z
Z
Un
The compact form of Eq. (31) can be written as follows
@u0k ðxÞ
kl
f2gT ½Cfv_ g dY n ¼ 0
Un
Un
Z
Z
Un
Z
U
3. Finite element formulation
3.1. Characteristic displacement vectors
Characteristic displacement vectors of v and w (also known as
correctors) already given in Eqs. (27) and (28) can be obtained by
finite element method. Eqs. (27) and (28) re-expressed in the
matrices and vectors reflecting their element parameters as
follows
Homogenized elastic constants calculated using Eq. (33) are described in the ‘kl’ column of the matrix [C] by using following
equation:
fC 0 gkl ¼
X 1 Z
fCgkl ½C½Bfvgkl dY
jYj
U
n
n
ð46Þ
It is necessary to note that due to symmetry of stresses and
strain energy densities [21], [C] has the following properties:
C ijkl ¼ C jikl ¼ C klij ¼ C ijlk
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Homogenized coefficient of thermal expansion is calculated by
following equation:
a0kl ¼
"
! #
Z
S0klij 1
@wp
C ijpq
þ apq DT dY
DT jYj Un
@yq
ð48Þ
Eq. (48) can be re-expressed in the matrix and vector forms as
follows
fa0 g ¼
½S0 X 1
DT n jYj
Z
383
Substitution of Eqs. (33) and (48) into Eq. (56) yields the same
result with the right hand side of Eq. (57). The relationship between rHij and r0ij is thus expressed as follows
rHij ¼
1
jYj
Z
r0ij dY
ð58Þ
U
4. Numerical models, assumptions and analysis sequence
½Cð½Bfwg þ fagDTÞdY
ð49Þ
4.1. Numerical models
Un
0
where [S ] is homogenized compliance tensors, i.e. inverse of
homogenized elastic constants.
3.4. Macroscopic displacement
Macroscopic displacement is obtained by solving Eq. (32) as
follows
Z
½BT ½C 0 ½BdXn fu0 g ¼
Xn
Z
½BT fsgdXn þ
Xn
þ
Z
½BT frt gdXn
Z
½N T fbgdXn þ
½NT ftgdC
Xn
Z
Xn
ð50Þ
Ct
3.5. Calculation of stresses
Stresses on each point of domain can be obtained by following
equation
reij ¼ C ijkl
e
@uk
aekl DT
@xl
ð51Þ
By substituting the actual displacement uek stated in Eq. (13) and
taking its derivatives by using Eq. (3), following equation is
obtained
reij ¼ C ijkl
1
0
@uk @u1k
@uk @u2k
þ e2 ð Þ
þ
aekl DT þ e
þ
@xl
@yl
@xl
@yl
ð52Þ
Eq. (52) can be re-expressed in a compact form as follows
e
rij ¼ r0ij þ er1ij þ e2 ð Þ
ð53Þ
where r0ij is the first approximation of stresses. Substitution of Eq.
(24) into Eq. (52) yields
reij r0ij ðx; yÞ
¼
!
@ vkl
@wp
@u0k
p
C ijkl C ijpq
C ijpq
C ijpq apq DT
@yq @xl
@yq
ð54Þ
In finite element method viewpoint, the first approximation of
stress is
fr0 g ¼ ½½Ckl ½C½B½vkl ½Bfu0 g ½C½Bfwg ½CfagDT
ð55Þ
Subscript (and superscript) ‘kl’ indicates that the matrices are
arranged based on column ‘kl’. Homogenized stresses rHij of the
unit-cell is given as follows
rHij ¼ C 0ijkl
0
@uk
a0kl DT
@xl
Relationship between rHij and
averaging operators as follows
1
jYj
Z
U
r
0
ij dY
ð56Þ
r0ij can be established by using
!
Z
@ vkl
@u0
1
p
C ijkl C ijpq
dY k
C ijpq
@yq
@xl jYj U
U
Z
@wp
1
dY
C ijpq apq DTdY
jYj U
@yq
1
¼
jYj
Z
Fig. 3(a) shows the schematic of 3-D orthogonal interlock composites, and the side-view observed from optical microscopy is
shown in Fig. 3(b). A unit-cell of 3-D orthogonal interlocked composites was identified, and the idealized geometry is depicted in
Fig. 3(c). The unit-cell consists of x-tow, y-tow, z-tow and resin region. In Fig. 3, the subscripts 1, 2 and 3 of x and y coordinate systems denote the fiber direction of x-, y- and z-tows, respectively.
This designation also corresponds to the coordinate of macroscopic
beam model in Figs. 4 and 5.
The fiber tows are assumed to consist of fiber and matrix phases
arranged in hexagonal pattern. For x- and y- tows, the fiber is T300, while the resin is epoxy EP828. The fiber in z-tow is T-900,
whilst the resin is also EP828. Resin region contains EP828. The
thermomechanical properties of T-300 [1,22], T-900 [22,23] (assumed to have similar properties with T-800) and EP828 [24,25]
are given in Table 1. Thermomechanical properties of fiber tows
are obtained from the homogenization analysis of the hexagonal
model. For hexagonal model, the unit-cell consists of 2664 elements and 8773 nodes, whilst that of 3-D orthogonal interlock
composite consists of 12,800 elements and 58,097 nodes.
4.2. Assumptions
As mentioned in Section 2.3, the deformation assumed for the
numerical models is considerably small, and geometric nonlinearity is not included. Nevertheless, present method can potentially
be extended to facilitate nonlinear, large deformation case. One
technique can be employed to further improve present method,
e.g. modification of constitutive model involving the second Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor and Cauchy-Green strain tensor. Such
technique was implemented in the analysis of plain woven fabrics
[26]. Another technique was carried out in the analysis of rubbersbraided fabric composite hose described in Ref. [27]. In the study in
Ref. [27], orthotropic braided fabric is firstly homogenized in the
framework of linear elasticity. Afterwards, the homogenized rubbers-braided fabric composite hose is obtained, and nonlinear large
deformation analysis is carried out by using the obtained homogenized properties. This technique could be a good alternative particularly when the stress response in the heterogeneous
microstructure is not the variable of interest.
It is also important to note that the analysis in this paper implements linear elastic assumption to all of the unit-cell constituents.
Viscoelasticity, which exhibits time-dependent strain of the resin,
is not included. However, in the extended application, consideration of viscoelastic which may create matrix creep can be performed by modifying its constitutive equation [28]. The
modification described in Ref. [28] was performed by involving
Findley’s and Norton’s equations, and showed a good agreement
with the experimental results.
4.3. Analysis sequence
ð57Þ
Fig. 4 shows the analysis sequence using two models: unit-cell
and beam models. The analysis is carried out using an in-house
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Fig. 3. 3-D orthogonal interlocked composite: (a) schematic, (b) side-view observed from optical microscopy and (c) unit-cell model.
Fig. 4. Analysis sequence.
code developed in Fortran 90. The unit-cell is used to perform
homogenization and localization analyses. In the homogenization
analysis, characteristic displacements (or correctors) and homoge-
nized thermomechanical properties are obtained while the localization analysis acquires the local stresses within the unit-cell
model. The beam model is a macroscopic model used to calculate
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Fig. 5. Region of localization analysis: (a) beam model, (b) five elements of interest and (c) four representative lines.
Table 1
Thermomechanical properties of carbon fibers and epoxy resin.
x-tow and resin; Line C intersects resin and y-tow; Line D intersects z-tow.
Properties
Carbon fiber T-300
Carbon fiber T-900
Epoxy EP828
EL (GPa)
ET (GPa)
GLT (GPa)
GTT (GPa)
220
13.8
11.35
5.5
0.20
0.25
4.10 107
5.60 106
294
6.5
18.2
6.5
0.32
0.41
5.60 107
5.60 106
3.4
3.4
1.26
1.26
0.35
0.35
6.45 105
6.45 105
mLT
mTT
aL (/°C)
aT (/°C)
the macroscopic displacement (u0). The beam model utilizes
homogenized thermomechanical properties obtained from homogenization analysis of the unit-cell model of 3-D orthogonal interlock composites. After the properties have been defined, the
beam is then subjected to temperature difference DT of 130 °C.
Subsequently, the cross-sectional area of the beam tip is subjected
to mechanical loading depending on the case. In Case 1, the beam is
subjected to uniaxial tensile loading, while in Case 2, the beam is
subjected to bending load.
Localization analysis is divided into three steps: (i) calculation
of thermal residual stresses, (ii) calculation of stresses due to
mechanical loading (tension or bending loads), (iii) calculation of
total stresses, which are the superposition of thermal residual
stresses and stresses due to mechanical loading. For the purpose
of localization analysis, the beam model consisting of 625 elements
and 3396 nodes is built (Fig. 5(a)). Five elements in the center of
the beam model are of interest, namely Elements 63, 188, 313,
438 and 563 (Fig. 5(b)). Each element represents the whole volume
of the unit-cell model. In localization analysis, the calculation of
stress requires the macroscopic displacement of each node in the
unit-cell. The displacement is obtained by interpolating the macroscopic displacements of the selected elements in the beam model.
In order to study the stress distribution in the unit-cell of 3-D
orthogonal interlock composites, the stresses are extracted from
four representative lines intersecting the constituents of the unitcell, namely Line A, Line B, Line C and Line D as shown in
Fig. 5(c). Line A intersects x-tow and y-tow; Line B intersects
5. Results and discussion
5.1. Homogenization analysis
5.1.1. Modes of elastic and thermal correctors
The homogenization analysis produces elastic and thermal correctors. Fig. 6 shows the six modes of elastic correctors, which consist of Mode 11, Mode 22, Mode 33, Mode 23, Mode 31 and Mode
12. The correctors are shown in terms of normalized magnitude
with reference to the maximum value of each mode. Figs. 6(a)–
(f) show that the deformation of opposite faces of each mode is
the same in terms of magnitude and direction. Because temperature difference is included, present analysis also produces thermal
corrector. Fig. 7 shows the mode of thermal corrector of 3-D
orthogonal interlock composites. The typical modes of elastic correctors are similar with the ones displayed in Refs. [5,9]. This
shows that the correctors obtained from present results are reasonable albeit different materials understudy.
5.1.2. Homogenized thermomechanical properties
The homogenization analysis produces homogenized thermomechanical properties (Young’s moduli (E1, E2, E3), shear moduli
(G12, G31, G23), Poisson’s ratios (m23, m31, m12) and coefficients of
thermal expansion (a1, a2, a3)). These properties are acquired after
the calculation of elastic and thermal correctors. Because the properties are sensitive to the number of fibers within fiber tows, the
effect of fiber volume fraction of each tow (Vft) on the properties
is discussed in this section. It is important to note that Vft is the
fractional volume of fibers within a fiber tow, while Vf is defined
as fractional volume of fibers within a whole composite.
In Fig. 8, the effect of Vft of x-, y-, and z-tows on the homogenized properties of 3-D orthogonal interlock composites is shown.
Some properties have the same value (E1 = E2, G31 = G23, a1 = a2)
due to in-plane symmetry of the unit-cell. It is important to note
that parametric studies are performed to study the effect of changing the Vft of three tows, while the total volume of each tow is
maintained. Figs. 8(a)–(d) show that the increase of Vft of x- and
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Fig. 6. Elastic correctors {v}: (a) mode 11, (b) mode 22, (c) mode 33, (d) mode 23,
(e) mode 31 and (f) mode 12.
subjected to low rate compression loading. Three specimens, made
by Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) technique, were tested. Each
specimen was uniaxially compressed under constant displacement
rate of 0.5 mm/min. In the experiment, contribution of fiber volume fractions (Vf) from the fibers within x-, y- and z-tows are
24.3%, 24.7% and 0.5%, respectively. Hence, the corresponding total
Vf of the specimen was 49.5%. Numerical results are obtained by
varying the Vf of x- and y-tows with following values: 22.5%,
24.75% and 27%. Vf of z-tow is maintained at 0.5%. A considerably
good agreement between experiment and numerical analysis is
shown in Fig. 9(a). The average value of E11 obtained from the
experiment is 59.13 GPa, while that of numerical analysis is
58.53 GPa. The value of 58.53 GPa is calculated from the linear
interpolation of homogenization results when Vf of unit-cell is
49.5%. The difference of only 1% indicates that the analysis yields
a good result. For the Poisson’s ratio, shown in Fig. 9(b), the difference of 28% between experimental and analysis results is compared, despite the fact that the numerical result almost intersects
the lower cap of the experimental error bar. Several factors may
contribute to the difference of E11 and v12 between the experimental and analysis results. In the unit-cell modeling, idealization of
complex structure of 3-D orthogonal interlock composites is inevitable: (i) the cross-section of fiber tow is rectangular; (ii) fiber
undulation is not modeled; (iii) a horizontal portion of z-tow binding the fiber tows is not included; (iv) selvage yarn is not modeled;
(v) the unit-cell model of 3-D composites may not capture the variation of thickness or width of fiber tows and other phases. In
terms of experiments, particularly in the data reduction of Poisson’s ratio, the strain gages used to calculate the strain were attached on the surface of specimen, which is usually a resin-rich
layer. In that case, the placement of strain gages may produce larger deformation, and may not represent the average strain ratio of
the whole structure [22]. With regard to the numerical analysis,
homogenized Poisson’s ratio v12 is sensitive to the particular utilized fiber properties of x- and y-tows. Further analysis is performed to study the effect of fiber properties on homogenized
properties of 3-D composites. Authors found that EL, ET and vLT of
the x- and y-tows’ fiber have a significant influence on the homogenized v12. Figs. 10(b) and (c) show that the increase of ET and vLT
will increase the homogenized v12. Contrarily, the increase of EL decreases the homogenized in-plane Poisson’s ratio as shown in
Fig. 10(a). However, the influence of GLT, GTT and vTT to the homogenized v12 is negligible, even though the fiber portion of x- and ytows within the unit-cell are significant.
5.2. Localization analysis
Fig. 7. Thermal corrector {w}.
y-tows tends to increase the elastic moduli (i.e. Young’s and shear
moduli) while Poisson’s ratio and CTE results shown in Figs. 8(e)–
(i) are decreased. The effect of Vft of z-tow is also studied. Fig. 8
shows that E1, E2, G12, G23, G31 and m31 are insensitive to the Vft of
z-tow. The increase of Vft of z-tow increases E3, m12, a1 and a2,
and reduces m23 and a3. In general, it is found that the effect of
Vft of z-tow is significant for E3 and m23, as compared to the effect
of Vft of x- and y- tows on those properties.
5.1.3. Comparison between simulation and experiment
In Fig. 9, E11 and v12 obtained from homogenization analysis are
compared with the experimental results. The experimental results
are obtained from Ref. [29]. The experiment was a compression
test of composites based on ASTM-D695 (Standard Test Method
for Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics), which covers the
determination of mechanical properties of reinforced plastics
5.2.1. Thermal residual stresses
In localization analysis, the unit-cell model of 3-D composites is
subjected to DT of 130 °C. Six surfaces of the unit-cell model are
fully constrained during the application of DT. Due to such constraint, the total strain of homogeneous macroscopic model is zero
so that Eq. (54) can be re-expressed as
r0ij ðx; yÞ ¼ C ijpq
@wp
C ijpq apq DT
@yq
ð59Þ
Therefore, the thermal residual stresses depend only on the
microscopic variables. Consequently, the distribution of the thermal residual stresses is the same for the selected elements in the
composite beam (elements 63, 188, 313, 438 and 563).
In localization analysis, stresses calculation is carried out by
using a unit-cell model utilizing homogenized thermomechanical
properties as shown in Table 2. Six stresses in the unit-cell were
obtained. However, r11 is selected here to represent the dominant
stresses. Fig. 11 shows the distribution of thermal residual stress
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Fig. 8. Homogenized thermo-mechanical properties.
Fig. 9. Numerical and experimental results (Vf of z-tow = 0.5%): (a) E1, (b) m12.
r11 along the Lines A, B, C and D. The vertical axis denotes thickness coordinate in the microscopic scale (y3). In Figs. 11(a)–(d),
the first approximation of stresses (r0) and the homogenized stress
of unit-cell (rH) are shown. The obtained stresses (r0) indicate
that, in general, thermal stresses of 3-D orthogonal interlock composites are influenced by CTE. The region having relatively larger
CTE in particular direction than its adjacent region of the same line
tends to exhibit higher stresses. For example, a1 of x-tow is
5.03 107/°C while that of resin is 6.45 105/°C.
Correspondingly, Fig. 11(b) shows that average r11 of x-tow and resin along Line B are 31.2 MPa and 80.2 MPa, respectively. A different
result is seen when comparing Fig. 11(c) and Fig. 11(d) whereby ztow exhibits lower stresses than y-tow despite the fact that a1 of ztow is higher than that of y-tow. Such behavior exists because
E1 of y-tow is higher than that of compared to z-tow while the difference of their CTE is insignificant. Figs. 11(b)–(d) show the curved
stress pattern along thickness direction. The stress pattern is caused
by the complex constituent of the structure with highly different
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Fig. 10. Effect of x- and y- tows’ fiber properties to the homogenized Poisson’s ratio m12: (a) EL (ELref = 220 GPa), (b) ET (ETref = 13.8 GPa) and (c) mLT (mLTref = 0.20).
Table 2
Tows and resin properties.
Properties
X-tow
T-300 (Vft = 55%)
Y-tow
T-300 (Vft = 55%)
Z-tow
T-900 (Vft = 50%)
Resin region
EP828
E1 (GPa)
E2 (GPa)
E3 (GPa)
G12 (GPa)
G31 (GPa)
G23 (GPa)
122.55
7.13
7.13
3.25
3.25
2.53
0.263
0.015
0.414
5.03 107
3.94 105
3.94 105
7.13
122.55
7.13
3.25
2.53
3.25
0.015
0.414
0.263
3.94 105
5.03 107
3.94 105
4.96
4.96
148.70
2.45
3.21
3.21
0.476
0.335
0.011
4.50 105
4.50 105
2.00 107
3.40
3.40
3.40
1.26
1.26
1.26
0.35
0.35
0.35
6.45 105
6.45 105
6.45 105
m12
m31
m23
a1 (/°C)
a2 (/°C)
a3 (/°C)
Fig. 11. Thermal residual stress r11 (DT = 130 °C): (a) Line A, (b) Line B, (c) Line C and (d) Line D.
material properties (a and E) which create non-uniform strain distribution. From Fig. 11, it is clearly shown that resin region experiences
the highest tensile stress r11. The maximum stress of resin region is
85.8 MPa.
5.2.2. Stresses due to mechanical loading
5.2.2.1. Case 1: Uniaxial tensile loading. Fig. 12 shows the distribution of r11 due to uniaxial tensile loading. The vertical axis in
Fig. 12 denotes the normalized thickness coordinate in macro-
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scopic scale (x3/h), where h is the thickness of the macroscopic
model (h = 2.98 mm). Fig. 12 shows the distribution of r11 in 3-D
orthogonal interlock composites obtained by the application of
F = 250 N. The first approximation of stresses (r0) and the homogenized stress of unit-cell (rH), as well as the finite element and
analytical results are included to identify the difference of localization result as compared to the results of the homogeneous macroscopic model. The r0 and rH are calculated five times by involving
the macroscopic displacement (u0) of element 63 to 563 along the
thickness direction. The r0 are taken along Lines A, B, C and D. The
analytical stress can be simply calculated by dividing the tensile
force F with the cross-sectional area.
In Figs. 12(a)–(d), FEM, analytical, and rH yield the same value
of r11 so that those three results coincide. Figs. 12(a)–(d) also show
that stresses in each of five selected elements, which consists of
two constituents except for Fig. 12(d), exhibits a repeating pattern
through the thickness direction. It is also shown that the region
having larger Young’s moduli in x-direction (E1) experiences higher
stress. This phenomenon is clearly shown in Figs. 12(a) and (b),
where x-tow (E1 = 122.55 GPa) experiences a relatively higher r11
than y-tow (E1 = 7.13 GPa) and resin (E1 = 3.4 GPa). Similar pattern
is shown in Figs. 12(c) and (d) whereby y-tow experiences a
slightly higher stress than z-tow and resin region. In general,
among all constituents, x-tow exhibits the highest r11. The maximum r11 in x-tow obtained by the localization analysis is
11.82 MPa. As described in Section 5.2.1 (thermal residual stress
analysis), the curved stress pattern along thickness direction is also
clearly found particularly in Fig. 12(b) and (d). This behavior is due
to non-uniform strain distribution predominantly caused by the
different value of E1 between the adjacent constituents.
5.2.2.2. Case 2: Bending load. Fig. 13 shows the distribution of r11
along four different lines of 3-D composite unit-cell model due to
bending load. Fig. 13 shows the stress distribution obtained by
application of V = 250 N onto the beam model. In Fig. 13, FEM
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and analytical results show the normal stress distribution of homogeneous beam due to bending load. The analytical stress is calculated by the following formulation: r11 = VLz/I; where V denotes
the bending load, L is the horizontal distance between the center
and the tip of beam, z is the vertical distance between point of
analysis and neutral axis of the beam, and I is the cross-sectional
area moment of inertia. As the consequence of the involvement
of u0 calculated from homogeneous beam model, tension and compression stresses exist with the transition in the neutral axis of
homogeneous beam (x3/h = 0.5). It is important to note that rH is
the homogenized stress, which belongs to each the unit-cell.
Fig. 13 shows that localization analysis obtains the typical stress
distribution under bending load. Figs. 13(a) and (b) show that xtow experiences higher stress r11 than y-tow and resin due to its
higher modulus. Figs. 13(a) and (b) also elucidate that the stresses,
both tensile and compressive stresses, are dominantly experienced
by x-tow as compared to other constituents. The maximum tensile
stress of x-tow is 867.42 MPa while the maximum compressive
stress is 687.33 MPa. The relatively low stresses are experienced
by y-tow, z-tow and resin region as shown in Figs. 13(c) and (d).
5.2.3. Remarks on stresses under thermal and mechanical loading
The stresses are investigated by calculating the normalized
stress (ns) with respect to the strength of corresponding direction
(see Table 3). Subscripts ‘L’ and ‘T’ in Table 3 denote longitudinal
and transverse directions, respectively, whilst ‘t’ and ‘c’ denote tension and compression. In this analysis, the transverse strength of
both in-plane and out-of-plane directions are assumed to be equal.
The other assumption is that the strength of z-tow has the same
values with those of x- and y-tows.
The maximum values of ns of each constituent of 3-D orthogonal interlock composites are included in Table 4. The values are
based on the stresses along Lines A, B, C and D. Table 4 shows that
thermal residual stresses increase the criticality to experience
damage initiation of every constituent of 3-D composite even
Fig. 12. r11 due to tension loading F = 250 N: (a) Line A, (b) Line B, (c) Line C and (d) Line D.
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Fig. 13. r11 Due to bending load V = 250 N: (a) Line A, (b) Line B, (c) Line C and (d) Line D.
mechanical loading. In the case of total stress under uniaxial tensile loading, the maximum ns of x- and y-tows are obtained in zdirection (due to r33). Moreover, different direction of maximum
ns is also found in the results of the total stresses under bending
load. In this case, although r11 in x-tow is very high, the maximum
ns is caused by r33 instead due to the low value of FTt.
Table 3
Tow and resin strength properties (L and T directions correspond to those of x-tow)
[30].
Component
FLt
(MPa)
FLc
(MPa)
FTt
(MPa)
FTc
(MPa)
SLT
(MPa)
STT
(MPa)
Tow (T-300, Vft = 60%)
Resin region (EP828)
1480
89
1490
–
80
–
280
–
93
–
93
–
6. Conclusions
A formulation of homogenization method has been presented in
the framework of asymptotic analysis in linear elasticity by including the thermomechanical effect. The formulation is used to obtain
homogenized thermomechanical properties of 3-D orthogonal
interlock composites, and to perform localization analysis whereby
detailed stresses due to mechanical loading and thermal residual
stresses are attained. Several conclusions can be summarized from
the analysis:
when the mechanical loading has not been applied. It is characterized by the high value of maximum ns (nearly 1). The maximum ns
due to thermal loading is obtained from the in-plane stresses (r11,
r22) in z-tow and resin, while maximum ns of x- and y-tows are obtained on out-of-plane direction.
In the case of only mechanical loading, the maximum ns in every
constituent of 3-D composite is due to r11. The results also show
that, with the same amount of applied load, bending load is more
critical than uniaxial tension loading. The effects of thermal residual stresses are also investigated by calculating the total stresses.
The total stresses are obtained by the superposition of thermal
residual stresses (only DT) and stresses under mechanical loading.
The incorporation of thermal residual stresses also creates
different behavior of stresses as compared to the results of only
The homogenization method developed in this paper is able to
obtain both elastic and thermal correctors of unit-cell of 3-D
orthogonal interlock composites. For the elastic correctors, the
typical modes obtained from present analysis are similar with
those obtained from several references, albeit different materials understudied.
Table 4
Maximum values of ns.
Loading
DT
Tension
Tension + DT
Bending
Bending + DT
X-tow
Y-tow
Resin
Z-tow
Max. ns
Stress
Max. ns
Stress
Max. ns
Stress
Max. ns
Stress
0.96
0.01
0.96
0.59
1.10
r33
r11
r33
r11
r33
0.96
0.01
0.96
0.51
1.37
r33
r11
r33
r11
r11
0.84
0.01
0.85
0.47
1.29
r11, r22
r11
r11
r11
r11
0.96
0.01
0.97
0.44
1.31
r11, r22
r11
r11
r11
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Homogenized thermomechanical properties of 3-D orthogonal
interlock composites can be efficiently obtained using present
method. The effects of fiber content within fiber tows (Vft) of
3-D composites, specifically of x-, y- and z-tows, on the thermomechanical properties are also investigated. The investigation
shows that Vft of x- and y-tows play an important role in the calculation of equivalent thermomechanical properties, either of
in-plane and out-of-plane properties. It is also found that the
effect of Vft of z-tow is significant for E3 and m23 of 3-D orthogonal interlock composites.
Tensile modulus (E1) and Poisson’s ratio (m12) obtained from
present homogenization method are compared with those
obtained from experiments. The difference of around 1% is
obtained when comparing the modulus. When Poisson’s ratio
is compared between analysis and experiment, larger difference
is found. Several factors are considered to be the reason behind
the difference between analysis and experiment in terms of
Poisson’s ratio: idealization in the modeling (i.e. simple unitcell model), larger deformation due to the placement of strain
gages, and the sensitivity of Poisson’s ratio to the particular
fiber properties (i.e. x- and y-tows).
Localization analysis shows that the stresses generated in the
constituents of 3-D orthogonal interlock composites are greatly
dependent on the loading conditions (purely mechanical, purely
thermal or combined mechanical-thermal loadings). It is also
found that the thermal residual stresses are highly influenced
by the CTE of composite constituents.
Localization analysis also suggests that incorporating thermal
effects in the analysis of 3-D composite is imperative because
the resulting thermal residual stresses may change the damage
mechanisms, i.e. damage initiation and the ensuing damage
could be accelerated with the presence of thermal loading.
Acknowledgement
Authors would like to extend their gratitude to the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government for the financial support under the project of Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC-21).
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