This study compares the mechanical properties of curaua, glass and hybrid curaua/glass laminates evaluated experimentally with those obtained theoretically using commercial software for composites. Hybrids laminates were ...

Computational micro-mechanics is employed in this work to evaluate effects of fiber-matrix interface damage on the elastic properties of polymer matrix composites with continuous glass fibers. It is assumed that damage ...

This work describes an easy to use constitutive model able to predict the mechanical behavior of polymer matrix particulate composites at temperatures above the glass transition temperature Tg. This model was basedon both ...

Dimensional variations experienced by materials due to temperature changes are described by the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE), which is strongly dependent on microstructural features, especially on composites ...

Micro-buckling of unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites is investigated in this paper by means of an explicit representation of a geometrically imperfect fiber within the context of kinematical and material non-linear ...

This paper presents a new methodology to evaluate the Cauchy stress tensor at the macro level in computational micromechanics models. The use of control nodes to specify boundary conditions of a Representative Volume Element ...

The continuous technological advances require materials with properties that conventional material cannot display. Material property combinations are being the focus to the development of composite materials, which are ...

The continuous technological advances require materials with properties that conventional material cannot display. Material property combinations are being the focus to the development of composite materials, which are ...