A methodology to mesh mesoscopic representative volume element of 3D interlock woven composites impregnated with resin

Manh Hung Ha; Ludovic Cauvin; Alain Rassineux

doi:10.1016/j.crme.2015.09.008

A methodology to mesh mesoscopic representative volume element of 3D interlock woven composites impregnated with resin

Manh Hung Ha ¹; Ludovic Cauvin ¹; Alain Rassineux ¹

¹ Sorbonne universités, Université de technologie de Compiègne, CNRS, Laboratoire Roberval, UMR 7337 CNRS/UTC 7337, Centre de recherches de Royallieu, BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne, France

Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Computational simulation of manufacturing processes, Volume 344 (2016) no. 4-5, pp. 267-283.

Abstract

We present a new numerical methodology to build a Representative Volume Element (RVE) of a wide range of 3D woven composites in order to determine the mechanical behavior of the fabric unit cell by a mesoscopic approach based on a 3D finite element analysis. Emphasis is put on the numerous difficulties of creating a mesh of these highly complex weaves embedded in a resin. A conforming mesh at the numerous interfaces between yarns is created by a multi-quadtree adaptation technique, which makes it possible thereafter to build an unstructured 3D mesh of the resin with tetrahedral elements. The technique is not linked with any specific tool, but can be carried out with the use of any 2D and 3D robust mesh generators.

Received: 2015-07-08
Accepted: 2015-09-29
Published online: 2016-02-23

DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2015.09.008

Keywords: Woven composites, Mesh generation, Representative Volume Element, Mesoscopic approach

Author's affiliations:

Manh Hung Ha ¹; Ludovic Cauvin ¹; Alain Rassineux ¹

¹ Sorbonne universités, Université de technologie de Compiègne, CNRS, Laboratoire Roberval, UMR 7337 CNRS/UTC 7337, Centre de recherches de Royallieu, BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne, France

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Manh Hung Ha; Ludovic Cauvin; Alain Rassineux. A methodology to mesh mesoscopic representative volume element of 3D interlock woven composites impregnated with resin. Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Computational simulation of manufacturing processes, Volume 344 (2016) no. 4-5, pp. 267-283. doi : 10.1016/j.crme.2015.09.008. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mecanique/articles/10.1016/j.crme.2015.09.008/

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