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Title: EFFECT OF MATRIX VISCOELASTICITY ON PREDICTION OF RESIDUAL STRESSES IN ORTHOGONAL 3D WOVEN COMPOSITES
In this paper, the effect of matrix viscoelasticity on the development of residual stresses in 3D woven composites is investigated using Finite Element Analysis. Based on experimental observations, it is hypothesized, that the stresses develop mainly due to the difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion between the fiber reinforcement and the matrix. The model considered is a “1x1 orthogonal” 3D woven composite unit cell that is generated using x-ray computed microtomography data. In this study, cooling after curing is considered under the assumption of zero stress at the beginning of the cooling. In addition to the full time- and temperature-dependent viscoelastic formulation, the applicability of two simplified constitutive methods, elastic and variable time pseudoviscoelastic, is investigated. It is observed that the pseudo-viscoelastic method predicts similar cumulative stress distribution (Von Mises and Hydrostatic) compared to the full viscoelastic results. The elastic model presented the highest stress values while the full viscoelastic model presented the lowest stress values.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1662098
NSF-PAR ID:
10105154
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of NUMIFORM 2019: The 13th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes
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Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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