Temperature Fields in Short Fibre Composites

Thermal Properties of Short Fibre Composites Modeled by Meshless Method

“…The next three examples (number 4 to 6, Figure 3) give results for matrix reinforced by fibres with aspect ratio equal to 500 : 1 (radius of fibres is again equal to 1) and there are 3 × 3 × 3, 3 × 3 × 5, and 5 × 5 × 3 layers of fibres aligned as given in Figure 2 so that we have (13,23, and 37 fibres in corresponding patch of fibres). Distance between layers is 100 in and directions and the gap between fibres in direction is 40.…”

“…All convenient distribution of nodal points along integration curve (fibre axes), order of integration (number of Gauss integration points), and collocation points (along fibrematrix interface) are decisive for numerical stability and accuracy of the model. All these problems were in detail studied and discussed in our previous publications [12][13][14][20][21][22] and presented in several conferences on computational mechanics.…”

“…More recently, method of continuous source functions (MCSF) developed in [12][13][14] using 1D continuous source functions distributed along the fibre axis enable simulating interactions of a fibre with matrix and with other fibres very effectively. 1D continuous force or heat sources and force or heat dipoles distributed along fibre axes simulate the interaction among each pair of fibres with the matrix in some CVE for linear elasticity or thermal problems.…”

MFS Heat Conduction Modeling of Composite Materials Reinforced by CNT-Fibers with Large Aspect Ratio

“…Number of unknown intensities is normally much smaller than the number of collocation points and the system of resulting equations is solved in the Least Square (LS) sense. The presented study will focus on heat conduction behavior of composite materials reinforced by CNT-fibers with finite conductivity fibers [7].…”

V-belts and Their Performance Resulting Fromtheir Inner Hybrid Structure

“…There are other belt embodiments with elastomeric compositions of power transmissions belt containing reinforcement of short fibres of different materials even natural fibres as kenaf fibre [8] and sophisticated orientation and location of short fibres [9,10], reinforcing fabrics [11,12], and specific porous structure rubber at rib surfaces [13]. Some relevant studies can be found in [14][15][16][17].…”