Structure-property relationships in flow formed discontinuous fiber reinforced composites

This dissertation presents a new method for obtaining fully anisotropic stiffness tensor for materials containing discontinuous curverd fibers. It is demonstrated that the definition of fiber configuration and configuration averaging allow us to obtain better match with experimental results when compared to theory relying on the assumption of straight fibers. The experimental results are obtained using novel X-ray micro-tomography setup allowing observation of material microstructure under load.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering Mechanics

Department dc:contributor.department

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Kunc, Vlastimil

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Case, Scott W.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Batra, Romesh C.
• Patil, Mayuresh J.
• Dillard, David A.
• De Vita, Raffaella

• composites
• micromechanics
• elasticity

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:1830

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/52934