In injection and compression molding simulation, orientation tensors provide an efficient way
with less computational effort to calculate flow‐induced fiber orientations. In these flow …

Predicting the mechanical behavior of the chopped carbon fiber Sheet Molding Compound
(SMC) due to spatial variations in local material properties is critical for the structural …

Compression molding is a manufacturing technique that is frequently and widely utilized in
fabricating composites. However, bast fiber reinforced composites (BFRC) with good quality …

A review of the numerical modeling of the compression molding of the sheet molding
compound (SMC) is presented. The focus of this review is the practical difficulties of …

This paper presents a multiscale failure and damage analysis methodology for sheet
molding compound (SMC) composites through a new bundle packing reconstruction …

This paper presents a computational framework to predict the tensile failure of chopped
carbon fiber SMC composites based on the Representative Volume Element (RVE) model …

This study focuses on the notch effect on the fatigue failure of chopped carbon fiber chip-
reinforced sheet molding compound (SMC) composites by using both experimental and …

In present study, the fatigue damage behavior of chopped carbon fiber chip-reinforced
composite has been experimentally and numerically investigated. A large scatter is …

It has been widely recognized that structural materials are better designed simultaneously
with the target component so that their properties can be tailored to the service loading …

Bridging the gaps among various categories of stochastic microstructures remains a
challenge in the design representation of microstructural materials. Each microstructure …