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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2021.104286
Keywords
Nanocomposites; Nanoscale mean-field method; Mesoscale model; Homogeneous model; FEM model; LS-DYNA
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- China Scholarship Council (CSC) [201706290032]
- Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
- CNPq
- CAPES from Brazil
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This study investigated the mechanical properties and damage accumulation of plain-weave aramid-epoxy composites with hybrid nanofillers using a three-step multiscale modelling strategy. Predictions from different scales were used to validate the approach and improve understanding for the design of innovative materials.
The addition of nanofillers to composites has attracted great attention since it adds multifunctional potential. However, the presence of nanofillers inside a composite may cause a more complex response in many situations, e.g. damage accumulation processes, and this response poses extra challenges in the development of reliable numerical approaches. In this work, a three-step multiscale modelling strategy was used to investigate the mechanical properties and damage accumulation of plain-weave aramid-epoxy composites with hybrid nanofillers (carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets). First, the mean-field method was employed in a microscale model to provide the elastic modulus of the matrix with nanofillers inside. The mechanical properties of such a matrix were then used to predict the global mechanical properties of aramid-epoxy composite using mesoscale models. Finally, those predictions were added as input to a homogeneous material model used to replicate a more complex loading condition (low-velocity tests), for which the direct use of the mesoscale approach is not feasible. In the latter, the mechanical properties of aramid-epoxy composite with nanofillers have been modelled using MAT_162 in LS-DYNA. The agreement between the experiments and simulations with regards to the loading curves and damage phenomena can thus validate the presented approach. In addition, the effect of nanofillers on the mechanical properties and damage evolution of the woven composites in low-velocity impact has been discussed. Finally, the present work can be helpful to improve the awareness in the design of innovative materials by means of predictive modelling approaches.
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