Numerical Investigation of Thermal and Thermo-mechanical Effective Properties for Short Fibre Reinforced Composite
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This study aims to investigate the thermal conductivity and the linear coefficient of thermal expansion for short fibre reinforced composites. The study combines numerical and statistical analyses in order to primarily examine the representative size and the effective properties of the volume element. Effects of various micromechanical parameters, such as fibre’s aspect ratio and fibre’s orientation, on the minimum representative size are discussed. The numerically acquired effective properties, obtained for the representative size, are presented and compared with analytical models.
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OpenAlex topics: Composite Material Mechanics · Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization · Numerical methods in engineering
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