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Analytical solutions for predicting tensile and in-plane shear strengths of triaxial weave fabric composites

Analytical solutions for predicting tensile and in-plane shear strengths of triaxial weave fabric composites
Analytical solutions for predicting tensile and in-plane shear strengths of triaxial weave fabric composites
This paper deals with new analytical solutions to predict tensile and in-plane shear strengths of triaxial weave fabric (TWF) composites accounting for the interaction between angularly interlacing yarns. The triaxial yarns in three directions of 0° and ±60° in micromechanical unit cell (UC) are idealized as the curved beams with a path depicted by using sinusoidal shape functions. The tensile and in-plane shear strengths of TWF composites are derived by means of the minimum total complementary potential energy principle founded on micromechanics. In order to validate the new model, the predictions are compared with experimental data in prior literatures. It is shown that the predictions from the new model agree well with experimental results.
composite, triaxial weave fabric (TWF), strength, tensile, in-plane shear
0020-7683
Bai, J.B.
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Xiong, J.J.
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Shenoi, Ramanand
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Zhu, Y.T.
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Bai, J.B.
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Xiong, J.J.
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Shenoi, Ramanand
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Zhu, Y.T.
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Bai, J.B., Xiong, J.J., Shenoi, Ramanand and Zhu, Y.T. (2017) Analytical solutions for predicting tensile and in-plane shear strengths of triaxial weave fabric composites. International Journal of Solids and Structures.

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This paper deals with new analytical solutions to predict tensile and in-plane shear strengths of triaxial weave fabric (TWF) composites accounting for the interaction between angularly interlacing yarns. The triaxial yarns in three directions of 0° and ±60° in micromechanical unit cell (UC) are idealized as the curved beams with a path depicted by using sinusoidal shape functions. The tensile and in-plane shear strengths of TWF composites are derived by means of the minimum total complementary potential energy principle founded on micromechanics. In order to validate the new model, the predictions are compared with experimental data in prior literatures. It is shown that the predictions from the new model agree well with experimental results.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 May 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 May 2017
Keywords: composite, triaxial weave fabric (TWF), strength, tensile, in-plane shear
Organisations: Civil Maritime & Env. Eng & Sci Unit, Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute

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Local EPrints ID: 408713
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/408713
ISSN: 0020-7683
PURE UUID: 2ee421ed-3344-4364-b7db-6db827d737e8

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Date deposited: 27 May 2017 04:02
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:23

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Author: J.B. Bai
Author: J.J. Xiong
Author: Ramanand Shenoi
Author: Y.T. Zhu

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