TY - JOUR
T1 - Finite element predictions of effective multifunctional properties of interpenetrating phase composites with novel triply periodic solid shell architectured reinforcements
AU - Abueidda, Diab W.
AU - Dalaq, Ahmed S.
AU - Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.
AU - Younes, Hammad A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and acknowledge Dr. Tushar Shah from Lockheed Martin Corporate Engineering & Technology for providing their carbon nanostructures (CNS) used in Section 5 of this paper.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/3
Y1 - 2015/3
N2 - In this paper, new interpenetrating phase composites (IPCs) based on the mathematically-known triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) are proposed. In these IPCs, different TPMS architectures are used as reinforcing solid shells to increase the effective multifunctional properties of IPCs. Several three-dimensional representative volume elements (RVEs) are generated and studied using the finite element method in order to predict the effective properties for various TPMS-based IPC architectures. The calculated properties are compared with some analytical bounds and conventional composites. The proposed IPCs have superiority against the conventional composites, and they possess effective properties close to the upper Hashin-Shtrikman bounds. Limited experimental validation of the computational prediction of effective conductivity is presented where the TPMS is made of conductive carbon nanostructured-based polymer composite.
AB - In this paper, new interpenetrating phase composites (IPCs) based on the mathematically-known triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) are proposed. In these IPCs, different TPMS architectures are used as reinforcing solid shells to increase the effective multifunctional properties of IPCs. Several three-dimensional representative volume elements (RVEs) are generated and studied using the finite element method in order to predict the effective properties for various TPMS-based IPC architectures. The calculated properties are compared with some analytical bounds and conventional composites. The proposed IPCs have superiority against the conventional composites, and they possess effective properties close to the upper Hashin-Shtrikman bounds. Limited experimental validation of the computational prediction of effective conductivity is presented where the TPMS is made of conductive carbon nanostructured-based polymer composite.
KW - 3-Dimensional reinforcement
KW - Architectured materials
KW - Finite element analysis
KW - Multifunctional composites
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2014.12.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2014.12.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84919904058
SN - 0020-7403
VL - 92
SP - 80
EP - 89
JO - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
JF - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
ER -