Textile composites: modelling strategies

• Published in: Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 1379 - 1394
• Main Authors: Lomov, S.V., Huysmans, G., Luo, Y., Parnas, R.S., Prodromou, A., Verpoest, I., Phelan, F.R.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; B. Mechanical properties; Composites; Exact sciences and technology; Forms of application and semi-finished materials; Polymer industry, paints, wood; Technology of polymers; Textile reinforcements; B. Mechanical properties; Textile reinforcements; Transport properties; Fiber reinforced material; Theoretical study; Mechanical properties; Polymer; Property structure relationship; Woven material; Modeling; Composite material
• ISSN: 1359-835X; 1878-5840
• DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(01)00038-0

Textile materials are characterised by the distinct hierarchy of structure, which should be represented by a model of textile geometry and mechanical behaviour. In spite of a profound investigation of textile materials and a number of theoretical models existing in the textile literature for different structures, a model covering all structures typical for composite reinforcements is not available. Hence the challenge addressed in the present work is to take full advantage of the hierarchical principle of textile modelling, creating a truly integrated modelling and design tool for textile composites. It allows handling of complex textile structure computations in computer time counted by minutes instead of hours of the same non-linear, non-conservative behaviour of yarns in compression and bending. The architecture of the code implementing the model corresponds to the hierarchical structure of textile materials. The model of the textile geometry serves as a base for meso-mechanical and permeability models for composites, which provide therefore simulation tools for analysis of composite processing and properties.