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Estimation of Effective Mechanical Properties of Plain Woven Composites Using Direction-Selective Micromechanical Models

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The directional elastic properties of composite yarn calculated by micromechanical models depend on the type of the models directionally adopted, and which significantly impacts the estimation of effective mechanical properties of woven composites composed of yarns and matrix (resin). This study proposed a methodology to predict the effective mechanical properties of a plain woven composite with lower errors by adopting direction-selective micromechanical models for composite yarns. We found that most of the effective mechanical properties of the plain woven composite are improved. Moreover, the elastic moduli in the warp and fill directions, which critically affect the mechanical behavior of composite structures, are particularly consistent with the experimental data, and exhibit relative errors of 0.18% and 1.93%, respectively. These errors are 95.6% and 16.8% lower than those presented by previous researchers. These findings indicate that the proposed methodology can successfully predict the effective mechanical properties of plain woven composites and contribute to the accurate and efficient analysis of their structural behaviors.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (NO. 2019R1A2C4070280).

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    Sang-Woo Kim

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Kim, DH., Kim, SW. Estimation of Effective Mechanical Properties of Plain Woven Composites Using Direction-Selective Micromechanical Models. Int. J. Aeronaut. Space Sci. 23, 521–532 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42405-022-00459-2

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