Journal
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
Volume 47, Issue -, Pages 181-189Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.10.034
Keywords
Smart materials; Micro-mechanics; Interface/interphase; Finite element analysis (FEA); Nano-structures
Funding
- National Science Foundation [CMMI-0846539]
- Air force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-09-1-0356]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn [1132416] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Recent work on multifunctional materials has shown that a functionally graded interface between the fiber and matrix of a composite material can lead to improved strength and stiffness while simultaneously affording piezoelectric properties to the composite. However the modeling of this functional gradient is difficult through micromechanics models without discretizing the gradient into numerous layers of varying properties. In order to facilitate the design of these multiphase piezoelectric composites, accurate models are required. In this work, Multi-Inclusion models are extended to predict the effective electroelastic properties of multiphase piezoelectric composites. To evaluate the micromechanics modeling results, a three dimensional finite element model of a four-phase piezoelectric composite was created in the commercial finite element software ABAQUS with different volume fractions and aspect ratios. The simulations showed excellent agreement for multiphase piezoelectric composites, and thus the modeling approach has been applied to study the overall electroelastic properties of a composite with zinc oxide nanowires grown on carbon fibers embedded in the polymer. The results of this case study demonstrate the importance of the approach and show the system cannot be accurately modeled with a homogenized interphase. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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