A micromechanical approach for predicting the overall elastic behavior, as well as thermal expansion coefficients, of composite materials is presented. The approach is based on modeling the composites with regular arrays of unit material cells, construct ing a possible stress pattern for a considered representative cell, and then minimizing the complementary energy of the representative cell under given average stresses. The proce dure is concise in concept, theoretically adaptable, and easy to conduct. Applications to unidirectionally fiber-reinforced composites and to some particulate composites are given. Good agreement with known theoretical/experimental results are shown.
Aboudi, J.1989. "Micromechanical Analysis of Composites by the Method of Cells,"Applied Mechanics Reviews, 42(7)
3.
Agarwal, B.D. and L.J. Broutman1974"Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Spherical Particle Composites,"Fiber Science and Technology , 763-77
4.
Agarwal, B.D. and L.J. Broutman1980Analysis and Performance of Fiber CompositesNew York: John Wiley & Sons.
5.
Chamis, C.C. and G.P. Sendeckyj1968. "Critique on Theories Predicting Thermoelastic Properties of Fibrous Composites,"J Comp. Mat., (July):332-358.
6.
Hashin, Z. and S. Shtrikman1963"A Variational Approach to the Theory of the Elastic Behavior of Multiphase Materials,"J. Mech. Phys. Solids , 11:127-140
7.
Jones, R.M.1975. Mechanics of Composite MatenalsWashington, D CScripta Book Company
8.
Kriz, R.D. and W.W. Stinchcomb .1979"Elastic Moduli of Transversely Isotropic Graphite Fibers and Their Composites,"Exp. Mech , 1941-49
9.
Nishimatsu, C. and J. Gurland.1960. Trans ASM, 52.469.
10.
Tsai, S.W. and H.T. Hahn.1980. Introduction to Composite MaterialsLancaster, PATechnomic Publishing Co., Inc.
