Three-dimensional hygromechanical analysis of fibre polymer composites: Effect of boundary conditions

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Moisture diffusion through a unidirectional fibre reinforced polymer matrix composite is studied. The stresses due to the expansion of the matrix caused by moisture diffusion are evaluated. A three-dimensional (3D) micromechanical model is developed to study diffusion both acros...

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Main Authors: Jain, D., Mukherjee, Abhijit
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27127
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description © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Moisture diffusion through a unidirectional fibre reinforced polymer matrix composite is studied. The stresses due to the expansion of the matrix caused by moisture diffusion are evaluated. A three-dimensional (3D) micromechanical model is developed to study diffusion both across and along the fibre. The well-known 2D plane strain condition is modelled and validated as a special case of the 3D model. The utility of 3D modelling is further demonstrated to analyse the stress along the fibre length. It is demonstrated that the variation of boundary conditions along the fibre length has a dramatic effect on the stresses. The stresses along fibre length computed through finite element analysis (FEA) are compared against an analytical solution obtained from axi-symmetric concentric cylinder assemblage (CCA) model. This paper demonstrates the importance of 3D diffusion kinetics in unidirectional reinforced polymer composites.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-271272017-10-02T02:28:10Z Three-dimensional hygromechanical analysis of fibre polymer composites: Effect of boundary conditions Jain, D. Mukherjee, Abhijit © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Moisture diffusion through a unidirectional fibre reinforced polymer matrix composite is studied. The stresses due to the expansion of the matrix caused by moisture diffusion are evaluated. A three-dimensional (3D) micromechanical model is developed to study diffusion both across and along the fibre. The well-known 2D plane strain condition is modelled and validated as a special case of the 3D model. The utility of 3D modelling is further demonstrated to analyse the stress along the fibre length. It is demonstrated that the variation of boundary conditions along the fibre length has a dramatic effect on the stresses. The stresses along fibre length computed through finite element analysis (FEA) are compared against an analytical solution obtained from axi-symmetric concentric cylinder assemblage (CCA) model. This paper demonstrates the importance of 3D diffusion kinetics in unidirectional reinforced polymer composites. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27127 10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.12.011 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle Jain, D.
Mukherjee, Abhijit
Three-dimensional hygromechanical analysis of fibre polymer composites: Effect of boundary conditions
title Three-dimensional hygromechanical analysis of fibre polymer composites: Effect of boundary conditions
title_full Three-dimensional hygromechanical analysis of fibre polymer composites: Effect of boundary conditions
title_fullStr Three-dimensional hygromechanical analysis of fibre polymer composites: Effect of boundary conditions
title_full_unstemmed Three-dimensional hygromechanical analysis of fibre polymer composites: Effect of boundary conditions
title_short Three-dimensional hygromechanical analysis of fibre polymer composites: Effect of boundary conditions
title_sort three-dimensional hygromechanical analysis of fibre polymer composites: effect of boundary conditions
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27127