Elasto-Viscoplastic Analysis of Slanting-Weft Woven Fabric Composites Based on Homogenization Theory

Abstract:

The elasto-viscoplastic behavior of slanting-weft woven laminates, the fiber bundles of which are not crossed at a right angle, is investigated both macroscopically and microscopically. For this, an analysis model for the [±θ] slanting-weft woven laminate with a cross angle ±θ and its diamond-shaped unit cell are considered. Then, a basic cell, which is quarter of the unit cell, is defined as an analysis domain by considering the point-symmetry of the internal structure. For the basic cell, the homogenization theory for nonlinear time-dependent composites with point-symmetric internal structures is applied. Using the present method, the elasto-viscoplastic analysis of the [±θ] slanting-weft woven laminates subjected to an in-plane uniaxial tensile load is performed. From the analysis results, the macroscopic elasto-viscoplastic behavior and the microscopic stress and strain distributions of the laminates are investigated.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 725)
• Pages: 410-415
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.725.410
• Online since: December 2016
• Authors: Keita Goto*, Takuya Tomioka, Masahiro Arai, Tetsuya Matsuda
• Keywords: GFRP, Homogenization, Slanting-Weft Woven Fabric Composite, Viscoplasticity

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