Unit cells for thermal conduction calculation of textile reinforced composites

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Abstract

The effective properties of composites can be calculated based on a representative volume element which can be called unit cell for a textile reinforced composite. A general approach of unit cell formulation for thermal conduction study of textile reinforced composites is proposed in this paper. The utilization of translational, reflectional and 180° rotational structure symmetries in the geometry formulation boundary conditions derivation of unit cells are clarified. Several typical two-dimensional textile reinforced composites including plain, 5-harness satin and 8-harness satin woven composites are studied. Unit cells of different sizes are established and corresponding thermal analysis are conducted.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 2017
Event21st International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2017 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 20 Aug 201725 Aug 2017

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period20/08/1725/08/17

Keywords

  • Numerical simulation
  • Textile reinforced composite
  • Thermal conduction
  • Unit cell

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