3D geometric modelling of discontinuous fibre composites using a force-directed algorithm

A geometrical modelling scheme is presented to produce representative architectures for discontinuous fibre composites, enabling downstream modelling of mechanical properties. The model generates realistic random fibre architectures containing high filament count bundles (>3k) and high (~50%) fib...

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Main Authors: Harper, L.T., Qian, C.C., Luchoo, R., Warrior, N.A.
Format: Article
Published: Sage 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41130/