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Analysis of Composite Plates Containing Cracks
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Effect of microcracks, such as local matrix crack and fiber breakage, on a macroscale crack in a unidirectional composite plate was studied for various fiber volume fractions, as well as ...
Coupling of Lattice Boltzmann and Finite Element Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction Application
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In order to analyze the fluid-structure interaction between a flow and a flexible structure, an algorithm was presented to couple the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) and the finite element method ...
Study of Fluid Effects on Dynamics of Composite Structures
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This study investigated the effect of fluid-structure interaction on dynamic responses of submerged composite structures subjected to a mechanical impact loading. The research was focused on finding ...
Static and Dynamic Buckling of a Fiber Embedded in a Matrix With Interface Debonding
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Analyses were performed for static and dynamic buckling of a continuous fiber embedded in a matrix in order to determine effects of interfacial debonding on the critical buckling load and the ...
3D Modeling of Fluid-Structure Interaction With External Flow Using Coupled LBM and FEM
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Three-dimensional fluid-structure interaction was modeled using the coupled lattice Boltzmann and finite element methods. The latter technique was applied to model a structural behavior while the ...
Development of Micromechanics Finite Element for Analysis of Composites With Local Damage
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: An analysis model is presented to analyze continuous fiber-reinforced composite structures with some local damage such as matrix cracks. Two separate material properties of fiber and matrix are ...
Numerical Study of Damage Growth in Particulate Composites
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A numerical study was conducted to simulate and predict damage initiation and growth around the crack tip crack tip in particulate composite specimens made of hard particles embedded in a soft ...
Development of Weighted Residual Based Lattice Boltzmann Techniques for Fluid-Structure Interaction Application
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: New computational techniques were developed for the analysis of fluid-structure interaction. The fluid flow was solved using the newly developed lattice Boltzmann methods, which could solve irregular ...
Effects of Void Growth and Nucleation on Plastic Deformation of Plates With Fluid-Structure Interaction
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A plate-bending formulation was developed from a three-dimensional solid. The plate element includes both transverse shear and normal deformations and the transverse gradient load (TGL) which is ...
Fracture Toughness of Composite Joints With Carbon Nanotube Reinforcement
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Fracture toughness tests were conducted for carbon composite scarf joints with and without carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforcement in order to study the effect of CNT on enhancing the fracture ...