Micromechanical finite element analyses of fire-retarded woven fabric composites at elevated temperatures using unit cells at multiple length scales

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
7962177	Computational Materials Science	2012	11 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº Predict the effective mechanical properties of fire-retarded woven fabric composites. âº Use three unit cells of varying length scales. âº Predicted and measured elastic properties show good agreement. âº Offer tools to engineering composite designers at materials design level.

Keywords

Finite element analyses High temperature properties Mechanical properties Multi-scale modelling

Related Topics

Physical Sciences and Engineering Engineering Computational Mechanics

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Micromechanical finite element analyses of fire-retarded woven fabric composites at elevated temperatures using unit cells at multiple length scales

Authors

Hongzhou Li, Everson Kandare, Shuguang Li, Yongchang Wang, Baljinder K. Kandola, Peter Myler, A.R. Horrocks,