Fatigue and Dynamic Properties of Short-Fiber Reinforced Rubber(Composite 1)

Fracture characteristics were used to effectively evaluate the performance of fiber-reinforced cementitious composites. The fracture parameters provided the basis for crack stability analysis, service performance, safety evaluation, and protection. Much research has been carried out in the proposed study field over the previous two decades. Therefore, it was required to analyze the research trend from the available bibliometric data. In this study, the scientometric analysis and science mapping techniques were performed along with a comprehensive discussion to identify the relevant publication field, highly used keywords, most active authors, most cited articles, and regions with largest impact on the field of fracture properties of cement-based materials (CBMs). Furthermore, the characteristic of various fibers such as steel, polymeric, inorganic, and carbon fibers are discussed, and the factors affecting the fracture properties of fiber-reinforced CBMs (FRCBMs) are reviewed. In addition, future gaps are identified. The graphical representation based on the scientometric review could be helpful for research scholars from different countries in developing research cooperation, creating joint ventures, and exchanging innovative technologies and ideas.

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Numerical and experimental evaluation of the energetic release during static tensile tests on short fiber reinforced composite material

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering ◽

10.1088/1757-899x/1038/1/012059 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1038 (1) ◽

pp. 012059

Author(s):

D Santonocito

Keyword(s):

Composite Material ◽

Experimental Evaluation ◽

Tensile Tests ◽

Short Fiber ◽

Fiber Reinforced ◽

Fiber Reinforced Composite ◽

Reinforced Composite ◽

Static Tensile ◽

Reinforced Composite Material

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Multi-Scale Study of The Small-Strain Damping Ratio of Fiber-Sand Composites

Polymers ◽

10.3390/polym13152476 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (15) ◽

pp. 2476

Author(s):

Haiwen Li ◽

Sathwik S. Kasyap ◽

Kostas Senetakis

Keyword(s):

Dynamic Properties ◽

Wide Spectrum ◽

Damping Ratio ◽

Polypropylene Fiber ◽

Small Strain ◽

Treatment Method ◽

Fiber Content ◽

Polypropylene Fibers ◽

Test Results ◽

Fiber Reinforced

The use of polypropylene fibers as a geosynthetic in infrastructures is a promising ground treatment method with applications in the enhancement of the bearing capacity of foundations, slope rehabilitation, strengthening of backfills, as well as the improvement of the seismic behavior of geo-systems. Despite the large number of studies published in the literature investigating the properties of fiber-reinforced soils, less attention has been given in the evaluation of the dynamic properties of these composites, especially in examining damping characteristics and the influence of fiber inclusion and content. In the present study, the effect of polypropylene fiber inclusion on the small-strain damping ratio of sands with different gradations and various particle shapes was investigated through resonant column (macroscopic) experiments. The macroscopic test results suggested that the damping ratio of the mixtures tended to increase with increasing fiber content. Accordingly, a new expression was proposed which considers the influence of fiber content in the estimation of the small-strain damping of polypropylene fiber-sand mixtures and it can be complementary of damping modeling from small-to-medium strains based on previously developed expressions in the regime of medium strains. Additional insights were attempted to be obtained on the energy dissipation and contribution of fibers of these composite materials by performing grain-scale tests which further supported the macroscopic experimental test results. It was also attempted to interpret, based on the grain-scale tests results, the influence of fiber inclusion in a wide spectrum of properties for fiber-reinforced sands providing some general inferences on the contribution of polypropylene fibers on the constitutive behavior of granular materials.

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A computational modeling approach based on random fields for short fiber-reinforced composites with experimental verification by nanoindentation and tensile tests

Computational Mechanics ◽

10.1007/s00466-020-01958-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Natalie Rauter

Keyword(s):

Numerical Simulations ◽

Correlation Functions ◽

Material Properties ◽

Random Fields ◽

Tensile Tests ◽

Short Fiber ◽

Fiber Reinforced Composites ◽

Reinforced Composites ◽

Fiber Reinforced ◽

Component Level

AbstractIn this study a modeling approach for short fiber-reinforced composites is presented which allows one to consider information from the microstructure of the compound while modeling on the component level. The proposed technique is based on the determination of correlation functions by the moving window method. Using these correlation functions random fields are generated by the Karhunen–Loève expansion. Linear elastic numerical simulations are conducted on the mesoscale and component level based on the probabilistic characteristics of the microstructure derived from a two-dimensional micrograph. The experimental validation by nanoindentation on the mesoscale shows good conformity with the numerical simulations. For the numerical modeling on the component level the comparison of experimentally obtained Young’s modulus by tensile tests with numerical simulations indicate that the presented approach requires three-dimensional information of the probabilistic characteristics of the microstructure. Using this information not only the overall material properties are approximated sufficiently, but also the local distribution of the material properties shows the same trend as the results of conducted tensile tests.

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Data enriched lubrication force modeling for a mechanistic fiber simulation of short fiber-reinforced thermoplastics

Physics of Fluids ◽

10.1063/5.0049641 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 053107

Author(s):

Susanne K. Kugler ◽

Abrahán Bechara ◽

Hector Perez ◽

Camilo Cruz ◽

Armin Kech ◽

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Keyword(s):

Short Fiber ◽

Fiber Reinforced ◽

Force Modeling ◽

Reinforced Thermoplastics ◽

Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics

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Anisotropic Effective Moduli of Cracked Short-Fiber Reinforced Composites

Journal of Applied Mechanics ◽

10.1115/1.2791629 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 66 (3) ◽

pp. 709-713 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

R. S. Feltman ◽

M. H. Santare

Keyword(s):

Short Fiber ◽

Fiber Reinforced Composites ◽

Reinforced Composites ◽

Effective Moduli ◽

Fiber Reinforced ◽

Fiber Fracture ◽

Composite Systems ◽

Reinforced Composite ◽

Anisotropic Elastic ◽

Energy Dissipated

A model is presented to analyze the effect of fiber fracture on the anisotropic elastic properties of short-fiber reinforced composite materials. The effective moduli of the material are modeled using a self-consistent scheme which includes the calculated energy dissipated through the opening of a crack in an arbitrarily oriented elliptical inclusion. The model is an extension of previous works which have modeled isotropic properties of short-fiber reinforced composites with fiber breakage and anisotropic properties of monolithic materials with microcracks. Two-dimensional planar composite systems are considered. The model allows for the calculation of moduli under varying degrees of fiber alignment and damage orientation. In the results, both aligned fiber systems and randomly oriented fiber systems with damage-induced anisotropy are examined.

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