Finite element models of natural fibers and their composites: A review

X ** and effective yarn elastic modulus
J Wang, H Zhou, Z Liu, X Peng, H Zhou - Composites Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unlike synthetic fiber yarns, due to limited fiber length, natural fiber yarns are made of
twisted short natural fibers with various crim** status obeying certain probability …

Effect of eco-friendly chemical sodium bicarbonate treatment on the mechanical properties of flax fibres: Weibull statistics

A Belaadi, S Amroune, M Bourchak - The International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
In this work, a chemical treatment with different concentrations of NaHCO 3 (sodium
bicarbonate) of 5%, 10% and 20% on the surface of the flax fibre for a period of 120 h at …

An anisotropic elastoplastic damage constitutive model for 3D needled C/C-SiC composites

J **e, G Fang, Z Chen, J Liang - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper established a combined elastoplastic damage model to analyze the nonlinear
mechanical behavior of 3D needled C/C-SiC composites. Inelastic deformation and stiffness …

Combining numerical models and discretizing methods in the analysis of bamboo parenchyma using finite element analysis based on X-ray microtomography

FL Palombini, EL Lautert, JEA Mariath… - Wood Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Plant cellular materials present a complex arrangement responsible for their properties;
thus, investigating them is essential to understand their macro-performance. Noninvasive …

Numerical and experimental studies on scattered mechanical properties for 3D needled C/C-SiC composites

J **e, G Fang, Z Chen, J Liang - Composite Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D needled C/C-SiC composites show scattered mechanical properties in the
experimental tests due to the random needling region distributions in the composites and …

Experimental and numerical modeling of shear behavior of laminated Guadua bamboo for different fiber directions

CP Takeuchi, M Estrada, DL Linero - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The shear strength and the crack pattern of laminated Guadua bamboo (LGB) are studied in
this work, by means of both experimental tests and numerical simulation, considering the …

A mesoscale tensile model for woven fabrics based on Timoshenko beam theory

J Wang, H Zhou, Z Ouyang, X Peng… - Textile Research …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The yarn weave architectures highly influence the mechanical response of woven fabrics. To
provide an accurate prediction of the mechanical behaviors of woven fabrics under tension …