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A Finite Element Method of Research on Transverse Mechanical Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Composites with Random Matrix Void Defects

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering 2023 (ICASSE 2023)

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Abstract

Matrix voids often appear in the process of manufacturing composite materials, and the existence of voids has a negative impact on the mechanical properties, especially the transverse mechanical properties, of composite materials. However, it will be costly to use experimental methods to determine the influence of matrix voids of different porosity on mechanical properties. This paper introduces a method of using finite element method to establish a randomly distributed matrix voids model, in order to analyze the change of mechanical properties of composite materials under different porosity conditions. Therefore, it provides a numerical calculation method with less computational cost and more efficient for studying the influence of matrix voids on the mechanical properties of the fiber-reinforced composite materials.

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This work is supported by School of Aeronautic and Astronautic, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Thanks for the detailed instruction from my tutors Dr. Hu and Dr. Yu. Their insightful suggestions always light me in the lost. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments and suggestions of the reviews, which have improved the presentation.

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    Wei Zhang, Yin Yu, Yile Hu, Haomin Li & Zekai Zhao

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Zhang, W., Yu, Y., Hu, Y., Li, H., Zhao, Z. (2024). A Finite Element Method of Research on Transverse Mechanical Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Composites with Random Matrix Void Defects. In: **g, Z., Zhan, X. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering 2023. ICASSE 2023. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1153. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0550-4_12

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