Elastic properties of large tow 2-D braided composites by numerical and analytical methods
The homogenized extensional and flexural properties of a large tow, two- dimensional, braided carbon-fiber composite lamina were evaluated using analytical and numerical methods. The plane-stress composite lamina was assumed to be periodic in its plane and was modeled with a single representative volume element. The homogenized elastic properties were analytically estimated using beam-theory concepts and upper and lower bound techniques as well as using three-dimensional finite element analyses. The homogenized extensional and bending lamina properties are, in general, distinct properties and are not simply related to each other as in monolithic beams and plates or in composites with very fine and highly periodic microstructures. The importance and cause of distinct homogenized extensional and flexural elastic properties is briefly discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 8427
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-ID-131921; YN0100000; YN0100000; TRN: AH200117%%90
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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