Finite plane deformations of elastic solids reinforced with fibers resistant to flexure: complete solution

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Mahdi Zeidi
  • Chun Il Kim

• A model for the deformation of an elastic solid reinforced by embedded fibers is presented in which elastic resistance of the fibers to bending is incorporated. Within the framework of strain-gradient elasticity, we formulated the equilibrium equations and necessary boundary conditions which describe the finite plane deformations of fiber-reinforced composite materials. The resulting nonlinear partial differential equations are numerically solved by employing the finite element method. A complete analytical solutions is also obtained within the limitation of superposed incremental deformations.

• Date created

  2018-01-12

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Fiber-reinforced material
  • Strain-gradient theory
  • Finite plane deformations

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3T14V377

• License

  Attribution 4.0 International