Fatigue of hybrid glass/carbon composites: 3D computational studies

Carbon nanotube reinforced hybrid composites: Computational modeling of environmental fatigue and usability for wind blades

“…Most data are taken from literature, also from earlier works of the authors [10,29,34] (both because these data are relatively well justified and to ensure the comparability of results). Polymer (epoxy) matrix: Young's modulus of 1.9 GPa, Poisson's ratio of 0.37; tensile strength of 68 MPa, compression strength of 88 MPa [10]. Carbon fiber: Young's modulus 276 GPa, Poisson's ratio is 0.…”

“…In order to simulate the fatigue damage evolution, two step procedure was employed [10,29].Initial defects (with the sizes of the order of one…two finite elements) were introduced into the macroscale model by subjecting the unit cell to a quasi-static load before the cyclic loading. After the initial defects are formed, the fatigue modeling for macro-scale model is carried out.…”

“…Hybrid composites (e.g., mixed carbon and glass fibers) allow to combine the advantages of both groups of fibers (for the case of carbon/glass composites, low price of glass fibers, low weight and high tensile strength and stiffness of carbon fibers) and compensate their weaknesses (again, high costs and low compressive strength of carbon fibers) [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. So, Ong…”

Graphene reinforced nanocomposites: 3D simulation of damage and fracture

“…For this, we employ a a special Python based software code developed in [19][20][21][22][23], and adapt it to the typical structures of graphene based composites (i.e., very high aspect ratio; thin layers).…”

Effect of stacking sequence on the flexural and fracture properties of carbon/basalt/epoxy hybrid composites

“…Accordingly, many studies have been performed to investigate the mechanical properties of hybrid composites [1][2][3][4]. For instance, Dong et al [5] investigated the flexural and tensile properties of glass/carbon hybrid composites and Almeida et al [6] studied the hybridization effect on mechanical properties of curaua/glass hybrid composites by conducting flexural, tensile, and short beam tests.…”