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

X **ong, SZ Shen, L Hua, JZ Liu, X Li… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Finite element method has been widely applied in modeling natural fibers and natural fiber
reinforced composites. This paper is a comprehensive review of finite element models of …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-scale modelling of rolling shear failure in cross-laminated timber structures by homogenisation and cohesive zone models

EIS Flores, K Saavedra, J Hinojosa, Y Chandra… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper we investigate the rolling shear failure in cross-laminated timber structures by
homogenisation and cohesive zone models. In order to predict the structural response, four …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic compressive response of a developed polymer composite at different strain rates

J Fan, C Wang - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Compressive mechanical response of a developed polymer composite material over a wide
strain rate range of 0.0001/s-8000/s is investigated. The developed polymer composite …

Mechanics of composite sandwich structures with bioinspired core

S Haldar, HA Bruck - Composites science and technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Synthetic sandwich composite materials have been fabricated using carbon fiber–epoxy
face sheet and polymeric foam core by mimicking the structure of a natural composite …

Strain field evolution on the surface of aluminum sheet alloys exposed to specific impact with oscillation loading

MG Chausov, VB Berezin… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Strain field evolution on the surface of aluminum sheet D16 and 2024-T3 alloys has been
analyzed during static deformation and during specific high-speed impact and oscillation …

Micro–macro mechanical relations in Palmetto wood by numerical homogenisation

EIS Flores, S Haldar - Composite Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper we investigate micro–macro mechanical relations in Palmetto wood, a natural
composite, by means of a computational homogenisation-based multi-scale modeling …

A new methodology for scaling the mechanics of pin-reinforcement in composite sandwich structures under compression using digital image correlation

S Haldar, HA Bruck - Experimental Mechanics, 2015 - Springer
There is a great deal of interest in understanding the mechanics in pin-reinforced composite
sandwich structures. In particular, characterizing the relationship of the mechanics in smaller …

Low velocity penetration mechanical behaviors of aluminum foam sandwich plates at elevated temperature

H **, L Tang, J Yu, X Zhang, B **e, Y Liu… - … Journal of Structural …, 2015 - World Scientific
This paper presents the low-velocity impact tests on the sandwich plates with aluminum
foam core and aluminum skins at elevated temperatures. A furnace, attached to an Instron …

Intermediate strain rate testing methodologies and full-field optical strain measurement techniques for composite materials characterisation

ML Longana - 2014 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
Two optical full-field strain measurement techniques, Digital Image Correlation and the Grid
Method, are applied to characterise the strain-rate dependent constitutive behaviour of …

Characterization of fatigue crack growth in unidirectional carbon fiber epoxy composites using digital image correlation

P Singh - 2014 - search.proquest.com
This work studies fatigue fracture behavior of carbon fiber laminated composites by
measuring deformation fields directly from the surface of the material using Digital Image …