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\ PERGAMON International Journal of Solids and Structures 25 "0888# 1646Ð1660 9919Ð6572:88:, ! see front matter Þ 0888 Elsevier Science Ltd[ All rights reserved PII]S9919Ð6572"87#99016Ð8 Woven fabric composite material model with material nonlinearity for nonlinear _nite element simulation A[ Tabiei\ Y[ Jiang Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department\ University of Cincinnati\ OH 34110!9969\ U[S[A[ Received 19 September 0886^ in revised form 11 March 0887 Abstract The objective of the current investigation is to develop a simple\ yet generalized\ model which considers the two!dimensional extent of woven fabric\ and to have an interface with nonlinear _nite element codes[ A micromechanical composite material model for woven fabric with nonlinear stress!strain relations is developed and implemented in ABAQUS for nonlinear _nite element structural analysis[ Within the model a representative volume cell is assumed[ Using the iso!stress and iso!strain assumptions the constitutive equations are averaged along the thickness direction[ The cell is then divided into many subcells and an averaging is performed again by assuming uniform stress distribution in each subcell to obtain the e}ective stressÐstrain relations of the subcell[ The stresses and strains within the subcells are combined to yield the e}ective stresses and strains in the representative cell[ Then this information is passed to the _nite element code at each material point of the shell element[ In this manner structural analysis of woven composites can be performed[ Also\ at each load increment global stresses and strains are communicated to the representative cell and subsequently distributed to each subcell[ Once stresses and strains are associated to a subcell they can be distributed to each constituent of the subcell i[e[ _ll\ warp\ and resin[ Consequently micro!failure criteria "MFC# can be de_ned for each constituent of a subcell and the proper sti}ness degradation can be modeled if desired[ This material model is suitable for implicit and could be modi_ed for explicit _nite element codes to deal with problems such as crashworthiness\ impact\ and failure analysis under static loads[ Þ 0888 Elsevier Science Ltd[ All rights reserved[ Nomenclature a half length of the representative cell a u half length of undulation in _ll direction a 9 a-a u b half width of the representative cell Corresponding author[

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9919Ð6572:88:, ! see front matter Þ 0888 Elsevier Science Ltd[ All rights reservedPII] S 9 9 1 9 Ð 6 5 7 2 " 8 7 # 9 9 0 1 6 Ð 8

Woven fabric composite material model with materialnonlinearity for nonlinear _nite element simulation

A[ Tabiei�\ Y[ JiangAerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department\ University of Cincinnati\ OH 34110!9969\ U[S[A[

Received 19 September 0886^ in revised form 11 March 0887

Abstract

The objective of the current investigation is to develop a simple\ yet generalized\ model which considersthe two!dimensional extent of woven fabric\ and to have an interface with nonlinear _nite element codes[ Amicromechanical composite material model for woven fabric with nonlinear stress!strain relations isdeveloped and implemented in ABAQUS for nonlinear _nite element structural analysis[ Within the modela representative volume cell is assumed[ Using the iso!stress and iso!strain assumptions the constitutiveequations are averaged along the thickness direction[ The cell is then divided into many subcells and anaveraging is performed again by assuming uniform stress distribution in each subcell to obtain the e}ectivestressÐstrain relations of the subcell[ The stresses and strains within the subcells are combined to yield thee}ective stresses and strains in the representative cell[ Then this information is passed to the _nite elementcode at each material point of the shell element[ In this manner structural analysis of woven composites canbe performed[ Also\ at each load increment global stresses and strains are communicated to the representativecell and subsequently distributed to each subcell[ Once stresses and strains are associated to a subcell theycan be distributed to each constituent of the subcell i[e[ _ll\ warp\ and resin[ Consequently micro!failurecriteria "MFC# can be de_ned for each constituent of a subcell and the proper sti}ness degradation can bemodeled if desired[ This material model is suitable for implicit and could be modi_ed for explicit _niteelement codes to deal with problems such as crashworthiness\ impact\ and failure analysis under static loads[Þ 0888 Elsevier Science Ltd[ All rights reserved[

Nomenclature

a half length of the representative cellau half length of undulation in _ll directiona9 a−au

b half width of the representative cell

� Corresponding author[

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bu half length of undulation in warp directionb9 b−bu

E Young|s modulusG shear modulusH height of the representative cellHt height of _ber towslx length of a subcellly width of a subcellLx length of the representative cellLy width of the representative cellSij compliance components in principal material systemV volume of a representative cell"*# average quantities of representative volume cell" #t quantities of tangential sti}ness matrix or compliance matrix" #� in!plane or out!of!plane strains or stresses in principal material coord[ system" #i in!plane stress or strain components" #o out!of!plane stress or strain components" #f quantities of the _ll tow" #w quantities of the warp tow" #m quantities of the matrix

Greek symbolscij compliance components of constituents in global coordinate systemCij compliance components of the whole cell in global coordinate systemuf local angle between the _ll yarn and global coordinate systemuw local angle between the warp yarn and global coordinate system" #"a\ b# average quantities of a subcell

Subscriptsx\ y\ z quantities in global coordinate system0\ 1\ 2 quantities in principal material coordinates

0[ Introduction

Analytical models for determination of mechanical properties of woven composites provide acost!e}ective tool to determine the e}ects of several parameters on the mechanical properties[These parameters include fabric weight\ constituent volume fraction\ yarn undulation\ weave styleand properties of the constituent materials[ The advantage of a micromechanical analysis is evenmore crucial when dealing with nonlinearity on the constituent level and sti}ness degradation dueto damage of those constituents "resin\ _ll\ and warp#[ Three di}erent types of models are availablein literature] elementary\ laminate theory and numerical models[ These models were developedwith the aim of determining mechanical properties of woven composites[ The numerical modelsinvolved the use of the _nite element method to analyze the elastic behavior and determine

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mechanical properties of woven composites[ The elementary and laminate theory models\ althoughsimple\ neglect the two dimensional extent of the fabric[

The _nite element method can be used to study the overall behavior of composite structures onthe macro level and the material behavior on the constituent level[ Whitcomb "0880#\ Zhang andHarding "0889# and Chapman and Whitcomb "0885# have studied the elastic material propertiesof woven composites by the _nite element method[ A more practical issue may arise when studyingthe global behavior of structures with consideration of the material nonlinearity and progressivedamage[ Consequently\ application of micromechanics!based material model into FEA solversprovides a feasible way in dealing with the global behavior of woven composite structures[

A number of analytical models were presented by many investigators[ All of these models studiedthe average performance of a periodic representative volume cell[ Ishikawa and Chou "0871\0872a\b# suggested a variety of models to handle the in!plane behavior of woven composites[ Theseare the mosaic model\ the _ber undulation model\ and the bridging model[ The basic assumptionfor these models is that the classical lamination theory is valid for every in_nitesimal strip of arepresentative cell[ Ishikawa and Chou "0872c# also expanded their models to deal with constituentmaterials with shear nonlinearity and initial failure[ Their work basically considers one!dimensionalstrip of a representative cell[ As a result\ these models cannot represent the material behavior ofwoven composites under bi!directional loading[ Naik and Shembekar "0881a\ b#\ Shembekar andNaik "0881#\ proposed a series!parallel model and a parallel!series model for considering the two!dimensional undulation geometry of plain woven composites[

The developed two!dimensional models to date provide a reasonable interpolation of materialproperty prediction[ However\ there is still lack of local stress and strain information and nononlinear stress!strain update procedure is available[ To perform structural analysis of compositematerials using the _nite element method a standard interface must be developed[ Rahman andPecknold "0881# developed a micro!model for laminated composites and an interface with a _niteelement code[ A similar interface with the nonlinear _nite element code ABAQUS is developedand presented here for woven composite materials[

1[ Mathematical formulation

Any non!hybrid plain weave fabric composite laminate can be represented by double!periodicrepresentative volume cells\ as shown in Fig[ 0[ The representative volume cell typically consistsof two sets of interlaced yarns\ known as _ll and warp threads\ and resins[ The _ll and warpthreads\ might be pure _bers or mixture of _bers and resins\ are assumed to be homogenous andtransversely isotropic[ The resin is homogenous and isotropic[ Given a representative volume cell\the global average stresses and strains can be written as]

"s¹# �0V g g g "s# dv and "o¹# �

0V g g g "o# dv "0#

The question that must be answered is that\ given the average global stresses "or strains#\ what arethe global strains "or stresses#[ For this purpose[ a micromechanics!based model is developed onthe basis of assumptions related to local stresses and strains[

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Fig[ 0[ Micro!model and _nite element interface[

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1[0[ Effective stressÐstrain relations for an in_nitesimal element

Consider a typical in_nitesimal block of the representative cell with dx in length\ dy in widthand H in height\ as shown in Fig[ 0[ This in_nitesimal element generally consists of three di}erentmaterials with t¹m\ t¹f and t¹w volume fractions of matrix\ _ll and warp respectively[ The materialcoordinate system of _lls and warps may not coincide with the global coordinate system[ Assumingthat the in!plane relations for these three materials are in a parallel arrangement\ the followingequations are derived for incremental strains and stresses]

d"oi# � d"oi#k "parallel# "1a#

d"si# � sk�m\f\w

t¹k d"si#k "parallel# "1b#

where the subscript k denotes constituents with {m| for matrix\ {f| for _ll and {w| for warp[ "oi# and"si# are the in!plane strains and stresses\ respectively and the subscript i � xx\ yy\ xy[ In thematerial coordinate system\ the constitutive laws for matrix\ _ll and warp are all written as]

F

G

G

j

J

G

G

f

do00

do11

dg01

do22

dg02

dg12

J

G

G

f

F

G

G

jk

K

H

H

H

H

H

H

k

S t00 S t

01 9 S t02 9 9

S t01 S t

11 9 S t12 9 9

9 9 S t55 9 9 9

S t02 S t

12 9S t22 9 9 9

9 9 9 S t44 9 9

9 9 9 9 9 S t33

L

H

H

H

H

H

H

lk

F

G

G

j

J

G

G

f

ds00

ds11

ds01

ds22

ds02

ds12

J

G

G

f

F

G

G

jk

"2#

where the compliance components with superscript {t| represent the tangential ones[ For symbolicderivation thereafter eqn "2# can be simply written as]

8do�i*do�o9k � &

Si = Sio

* * *Soi = So

't

k8ds�t*ds�o9k "3#

where the subscript i � 00\ 11\ 01 and o � 22\ 02\ 12\ respectively[ In the global coordinate system\the constitutive relations can be written as]

8doi

*doo9k

� &ci = cio

* * *coi = co

't

k8dsi

*dso9k

"4#

&ci = cio

* * *coi = co

't

k

� ðT0Łk&Si = Sio

* * *Soi = So

't

k

ðT0ŁTk "5#

The expression of the transformation matrix ðT0Łk can be found in Appendix 0 of Whitcomb"0880#[ In application of _nite element method for analysis of the global behavior of thin!walled

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structures made of woven fabric composites\ shell elements are usually employed[ The requiredconstitutive laws are generally written as follows]

8o00

o11

g019� &

S00 S01 9

S01 S11 9

9 9 S55'8

s00

s11

s019 "6#

and

6g12

g029� $S33 9

9 S44%6s12

s027 "7#

In these equations the global normal stress in thickness direction is ignored[ During the incremental!iterative solution scheme\ as used in _nite element analysis of nonlinear problems\ a change in thenodal displacements takes place[ The displacement increment causes an increment of strain D"o¹i#at a material point[ The material model is required to calculate the tangential sti}ness matrix andthe incremental stress D"s¹ i#[ In this investigation\ sti}nesses\ strains\ and stresses are tracked atthe material points within each element[ This information is provided by the woven compositematerial model\ which interfaces with the nonlinear _nite element code ABAQUS through the userde_ned subroutine UMAT[ The woven heterogeneous nature of the material is hidden from themain analysis code[ Figure 0 shows a schematic of the micromechanical model and the interfacewith the _nite element code[ Due to the symmetry of the representative unit cell\ only quarter cellis considered[ This quarter cell represents the same mechanical properties as the whole cell[ Thequarter cell is further divided into subcells[ Each subcell is represented by an in_nitesimal block asshown in Fig[ 0[ The actual woven composite is replaced by an equivalent homogeneous materialwhose properties are determined by requiring that the actual material and the equivalent materialbehave in the same way when subjected to certain stresses or strains[ The interface consists ofstresses and strains transfer between the material model and the analysis code[ The main analysiscode only sees this equivalent homogeneous anisotropic material[

In this investigation the averaging procedure employed yields the tangential sti}ness matrix andincremental stress under an increment of strains[ The material nonlinearity sought here is nonlinearshear induced by resins[ As suggested by Hahn and Tsai "0862#\ the total nonlinear shear strain!stress relations for the matrix and _ber tows are presented in the following form]

"g01#k �"S55#k"s01#k¦"S5555#k"s01#2k "8a#

"g02#k �"S44#k"s02#k¦"S4444#k"s02#2k "8b#

In the above equations it is reasonable to assume that S5555 equals S4444 "Ishikawa and Chou\0872c#[ It is also assumed that shear nonlinearity of the resin can adopt the same form asabove[ Neglecting normal stress in thickness direction and the coupling among in!plane normalcomponents and transverse shear components\ the in!plane stressÐstrain relations for o}!axis _lltows\ warp tows and matrix can be written as]

"0# O}!axis _ll

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8ox

oy

oxy9f

� &c00 c01 9

c01 c11 9

9 9 c55'f8sx

sy

sxy9f

¦&c00n 9

9 9

9 c55n'f6

"sx#2

"sxy#27f

"09#

where

"c00#f � c3"S00#f¦1c1s1"S02#f¦s3"S22#f¦c1s1"S44#f

"c01#f � c1"S01#f¦s1"S12#f

"c11#f � "S11#f

"c55#f � c1"S55#f¦s1"S33#f

"c00n#f � c3s3"S4444#f

"c55n#f � c3"S5555#f with c � cos "uf# and s � sin "uf#

"1# O}!axis warp

8ox

oy

oxy9w

� &c00 c01 9

c01 c11 9

9 9 c55'w8sx

sy

sxy9w

¦&9 9

c11n 9

9 c55n'w6

"sy#2

"sxy#27w

"00#

where

"c11#w � c3"S00#w¦1c1s1"S02#w¦s3"S22#w¦c1s1"S44#w

"c01#w � c1"S01#w¦s1"S12#w

"c00#w � "S11#w

"c55#w � c1"S55#w¦s1"S33#w

"c11n#w � c3s3"S4444#w

"c55n#w � c3"S5555#w with c � cos "uw# and s � sin "uw#

"2# Matrix

8ox

oy

oxy9m

� &S00 S01 9

S01 S11 9

9 9 S55'm8sx

sy

sxy9m

¦&9

9

S5555'm

"sxy#2m "01#

Equation "4# can be written for the in!plane stresses in the following matrix form as]

d"si#k � ðcti Ł−0

k d"oi#k "02#

Incorporating eqns "1# and "02#\ the following equation can be derived

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d"si# � ðCiŁd"oi# "03#

where

ðCiŁ � sk

t¹k ðcti Ł−0

k "04#

Finally\ the e}ective stressÐstrain relations for the in_nitesimal element are obtained by rearrangingeqn "03# as follows]

"doi# � ðCiŁt"dsi# "05#

where

ðCti Ł � ðCiŁ−0 "06#

1[1[ Avera`e stressÐstrain relations for a subcell

The whole representative volume cell is divided into many subcells[ It is assumed that stressesare uniformly distributed within each subcell[ The incremental average stressÐstrain relations fora subcell can be obtained by performing integration of eqn "05#\ i[e[]

"do"a\ b#i # � ðSÞiŁt"ds"a\ b#

i # "07#

with

ðSÞiŁt �0

lalb g g ðCiŁt dx dy "08#

From eqns "09#Ð"01# the incremental form of in!plane stressÐstrain relations of constituents maybe written as]

d8"sx#k

"sy#k

"sxy#k9� &

"C00#k "C01#k 9

"C01#k "C11#k 9

9 9 "C55#k't

d8"ox#k

"oy#k

"oxy#k9 "19#

Once the incremental forms of the stressÐstrain relations of the constituents are obtained from eqn"19#\ the in!plane relations for a subcell can be derived from eqn "07# and are denoted by]

d8s"a\ b#

x

s"a\ b#y

s"a\ b#xy9� &

C "a\ b#00 C "a\ b#

01 9

C "a\ b#01 C "a\ b#

11 9

9 9 C "a\ b#55't

d8o"a\ b#x

o"a\ b#y

o"a\ b#xy9 "10#

In this procedure it is assumed that the average in!plane strains and stresses among subcells havethe following relationships]

ds"a\ b#x � ds"a\ b�#

x "a � 0\ [ [ [ \ Nx\ b � 0\ [ [ [ \ Ny−0\ b� � b¦0# "11a#

ds"a\ b#y � ds"a�\ b#

y "a � 0\ [ [ [ \ Nx−0\ b � 0\ [ [ [ \ Ny\ a� � a¦0# "11b#

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ds"a\ b#xy � ds"a\ b�#

xy "a � 0\ [ [ [ \ Nx\ b � l\ [ [ [ \ Ny−0\ b� � b¦0# "11c#

ds"a\ Ny#xy � ds"a�\ Ny#

xy "a � 0\ [ [ [ \ Nx−0\ a� � a¦0# "11d#

sNx

a�0

la\ b#x

Lx

do"a\ b#x � do¹x "b � 0\ [ [ [ \ Ny# "11e#

sNx

b�0

l "a\ by

Ly

do"a\ b#y � do¹y "a � 0\ [ [ [ \ Nx# "11f#

sNy

b�0

sNx

a�0

l "a\ b#x

Lx

l "a\ b#y

Ly

do"a\ b#xy � do¹xy "11g#

where the quantities with {bar| denote the incremental average strain stress components of thewhole cell[ The incremental average stresses induced by increment average strains are expressedas]

d"s¹ i# � sNx

a�0

sNy

b�0

l "a\ b#x l "a\ b#

y

LxLy

d"s"a\ b#i # "12#

Equation "11# together with eqn "10# provides su.cient information to distribute the incrementalaverage strains to each subcell[ Once the average strain in each subcell is known\ the incrementalaverage stresses of the cell can be obtained by eqns "10# and "12#[ Simultaneously\ one can obtainthe tangential sti}ness matrix[ In the next section the calculation procedure will be provided[ Noweqns "10# and "11# form a simultaneous linear system of equations\ with incremental strains ofeach subcell as unknown and incremental average strains of the cell as known\ presented by thefollowing equation]

ðBŁd"o"a\ b#i # � ðKŁd"o¹i# "13#

with

"d"o"a\ b#i ##T � "d"o"0\ 0#

i #T d"o"1\ 0#i #T# d"o"2\ 0#

i #T [ [ [ d"o"Nx Ny#i #TŁ "14#

From eqn "13#\ the incremental strains of each subcell can be solved for by the following]

d"o"a\ b#i # � � ðBŁ−0 ðKŁd"o¹i# "15#

The partitioned form of eqn "15# is

d"o"a\ b#i # � ðAa\ b#Łd"o¹i# "a � 0\ [ [ [ \ Nx and b � 0\ [ [ [ \ Ny# "16#

By combining eqns "10#\ "12# and "16#\ the incremental average stresses can be obtained]

d"s¹ i# � sNx

a�0

sNy

b�0

l "a\ b#x l "a\ b#

y

LxLy

ðC "a\ b#Łt ðA"a\ b#Łd"o¹i# "17#

or

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d"s¹ i# � ðCÞŁtd"o¹i# "18#

with

ðCÞŁt � sNx

a�0

sNy

b�0

l "a\ b#x l "a\ b#

y

LxLy

ðC "a\ b#Łt ðA"a\ b#Ł "29#

Equation "29# provides the total tangential sti}ness matrix for the average in!plane stressÐstrainrelations[ The incremental stresses calculated from eqn "17# accumulate error when the averageincremental strains are not small enough[ To overcome this problem one needs to update thestrains in each subcell and then _nd the stresses of the constituents[ The corresponding averagestresses of the cell are directly determined by the following]

"s¹ i# � sNx

a�0

sNy

b�0

l "a\ b#x l "a\ b#

y

LxLy

"s"a\ b#i # "20#

2[ Numerical results

The constitutive equations are implemented in a user de_ned material subroutine UMAT inABAQUS[ As a demonstration example\ numerical analysis of the stressÐstrain relations is per!formed for Glass:Polyimide plain weave composites[ Basic material properties of constituents ofthe composite are listed in Table 0 "Ishikawa and Chou\ 0872c#[ The geometry considered in thecalculation is]

a9 � b9 � 9[9 "mm#\ au � bu � a � b � 9[3 "mm#\ H � Ht � 9[133 "mm#

The algorithm to calculate the constituent stresses of each subcell "s"a\b#i # in eqn "20# can be

summarized by the following]

, For the n¦0st increment of global average strains d"o¹i#n¦0\ the corresponding incremental strainsof each subcell are determined by eqn "16#^

, The total strains of each subcell are updated by the following equation]

"o"a\ b#i #n¦0 � "o"a\ b#

i #n¦d"o"a\ b#i #n "21#

, The total stresses for each constituent corresponding to the total average strains of each subcell

Table 0Properties of Constituents "Gpa for moduli and Gpa−2 for S5555# "Ishikawa and Chou\ 0872c#

Glass:polyimide Polyimide

EL ET GLT yLT nTT S5555 Em nm S5555

30[1 04[6 4[48 9[29 9[37 26[9 3[20 9[25 8[77

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Fig[ 1[ Normalized post buckling load vs normalised end shortening for "9#7s plates[

are determined by solving eqns "09#\ "00# and "01#[ A nonlinear root!seeking scheme is appliedto update the stresses of the constituents[ Particularly\ Newton|s method is used here[

, The total stresses of each subcell are then obtained from the following equation]

"s"a\ b#i #n¦0 � tm"s"a\ b#

i #n¦0m ¦tf"s"a\ b#

i #n¦0f ¦tw"s"a\ b#

i #n¦0w "22#

where the subscripts {m|\ {f|\ and {w| denote matrix\ _ll and warp\ respectively[In order to demonstrate the applicability of the developed methodology for nonlinear _nite

element\ a nonlinear post buckling analysis of woven composite plates is conducted[ In addition\the numerical simulation is performed to determine the e}ect of material nonlinear behavior ofthe post buckling of woven composite plates[ Figures 1Ð6 depict the post buckling behavior ofseveral plates with di}erent orientations of the woven composites and plate thickness "Ncr is thebifurcation load for the plates#[ Figure 7 shows the e}ect of plate thickness "number of plies# onthe normalized post buckling load[ The post buckling load considered for demonstration ofmaterial nonlinear e}ect is taken as U:t � 9[4 "Nlinear is the value of axial load for the case of plateswith linear material behavior#[ Only two cases are considered here\ 05 and 21 plies[ We can observethat as the plate thickness increases the e}ect of material nonlinearity becomes more pronounced[

3[ Conclusion

A stress update procedure is developed[ A stress:strain averaging procedure is presented forpredicting the nonlinear behavior of woven composites[ The presented methodology can be directlyapplied to nonlinear _nite element codes for structural analysis as demonstrated in the investigation[

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Fig[ 2[ Normalized post buckling load vs normalized end shortening for "9#05s plates[

Fig[ 3[ Normalized post buckling load vs normalized end shortening for "234#3s plates[

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Fig[ 4[ Normalized post buckling load vs normalized end shortening for "234#7s plates[

Fig[ 5[ Normalized post buckling load vs normalized end shortening for "9:234:89#1s plates[

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Fig[ 6[ Normalized post buckling load vs normalized end shortening for "9:234:89#3s plates[

Fig[ 7[ E}ect of plate thickness on material nonlinear behavior[

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The shear nonlinearity\ which exists in the majority of polymer composites\ is also included in thenumerical simulation[ It is found that slight nonlinearity exists between the uniaxial stress andstrain relation for fabric woven composites[ On the other hand\ shear nonlinearity is much morepronounced[ The developed formulation is not yet experimentally validated[ Validation of suchmethodology is costly and time consuming since tests must be conducted on the constituents| level[The validation study is planned for the future once proper experimental data is found[

The ultimate use of the developed methodology is for failure analysis[ This can be accomplishedby de_ning Micro!Failure Criteria "MFC# for determination of various failure modes since stressesand strains in each subcell and each constituent is available at each load increment[

Acknowledgements

The research was partially sponsored by the O.ce of Naval Research\ Ship Structure Division\with Dr Y[ D[ S[ Rajapakse as scienti_c o.cer[ The valuable discussions and suggestions ofProfessor G[ Simitses\ principle investigator of the ONR Grant are gratefully acknowledged[Computing support was provided by the Ohio Super Computer Center[ Their support is gratefullyacknowledged[

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