Fiber Orientation Tensors and Mean Field Homogenization Application to Sheet Molding Compound

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2023
• Series: Schriftenreihe Kontinuumsmechanik im Maschinenbau
• Subjects: Faserorientierungstensor; Mikrostruktur; Homogenisierung; Anisotropie; Elastizität; Fiber orientation tensor; Fiber-reinforced composites; Mean field homogenization; Anisotropy; Elasticity; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• ISBN: KSP/1000152989
• Access: Open Access

Effective mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced composites strongly depend on the microstructure, including the fibers' orientation. Studying this dependency, we identify the variety of fiber orientation tensors up to fourth-order using irreducible tensors and material symmetry. The case of planar fiber orientation tensors, relevant for sheet molding compound, is presented completely. Consequences for the reconstruction of fiber distributions and mean field homogenization are presented.