Mechanical Modeling of Short Fiber Reinforced Composites Using the Extended Finite Element Method

This dissertation presents a computational framework for the formulation and implementation of an Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) for random short fiber reinforced composite materials. XFEM is used to eliminate the need to resolve random fiber inclusions and the need to conform the mesh of the...

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Main Author: Pike, Matthew Gregory
Other Authors: Florence Sanchez
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2015
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11092015-134141/