A computational model is proposed for short-fiber reinforced materials with the eigenstrain formulation of the boundary integral equations (BIE) and solved with the newly developed boundary point method (BPM). The...A computational model is proposed for short-fiber reinforced materials with the eigenstrain formulation of the boundary integral equations (BIE) and solved with the newly developed boundary point method (BPM). The model is closely derived from the concept of the equivalent inclusion Of Eshelby tensors. Eigenstrains are iteratively determined for each short-fiber embedded in the matrix with various properties via the Eshelby tensors, which can be readily obtained beforehand either through analytical or numerical means. As unknown variables appear only on the boundary of the solution domain, the solution scale of the inhomogeneity problem with the model is greatly reduced. This feature is considered significant because such a traditionally time-consuming problem with inhomogeneity can be solved most cost-effectively compared with existing numerical models of the FEM or the BEM. The numerical examples are presented to compute the overall elastic properties for various short-fiber reinforced composites over a representative volume element (RVE), showing the validity and the effectiveness of the proposed computational modal and the solution procedure.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10772106)
文摘A computational model is proposed for short-fiber reinforced materials with the eigenstrain formulation of the boundary integral equations (BIE) and solved with the newly developed boundary point method (BPM). The model is closely derived from the concept of the equivalent inclusion Of Eshelby tensors. Eigenstrains are iteratively determined for each short-fiber embedded in the matrix with various properties via the Eshelby tensors, which can be readily obtained beforehand either through analytical or numerical means. As unknown variables appear only on the boundary of the solution domain, the solution scale of the inhomogeneity problem with the model is greatly reduced. This feature is considered significant because such a traditionally time-consuming problem with inhomogeneity can be solved most cost-effectively compared with existing numerical models of the FEM or the BEM. The numerical examples are presented to compute the overall elastic properties for various short-fiber reinforced composites over a representative volume element (RVE), showing the validity and the effectiveness of the proposed computational modal and the solution procedure.
文摘探究了含有多个椭球夹杂的双材料和半无限大空间的稳态传热解.双材料的界面由包含连续性条件的双材料空间格林函数考虑,通过调整参数,该函数可退化为半无限大空间或者无限大空间格林函数.利用Eshelby等效夹杂法(equivalent inclusion method,EIM),将椭球夹杂等效为基底材料和夹杂内连续分布的本征温度梯度场.基于含多项式密度的椭球积分,椭球夹杂的扰动作用由本征温度梯度场和双材料格林函数域积分精确描述.本征场由夹杂形心展开的泰勒级数,并通过各个夹杂形心建立的多项式等效热流方程求解,求解精度由有限元法(finite element method,FEM)验证,实现了无网格求解双材料和半无限大空间中多个椭球夹杂的稳态传热问题.