... of the CNN models for linking microstructural images to the macroscopic properties of composites. Design/methodology/approach Microstructures of composites are synthesized using discrete element simulations and Potts kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. Macroscopic properties such as the elastic modulus...

... drop-off location that minimizes the strain and maximizes the natural frequency is the ply drop-off located of the end plate. Originality/value It was also noted that many researchers prefer evolutionary algorithms for optimizing composite structures with ply drop-offs, being scarce...

...Matheus Francisco; Lucas Roque; João Pereira; Susiane Machado; Sebastião Simões da Cunha Jr; Guilherme Ferreira Gomes Purpose This study aims to address a deep statistical analysis on transtibial prostheses made of composite isogrid carbon/epoxy structure. Design/methodology/approach...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Fiber orientation behavior has a significant impact on the mechanical and physical properties of the fiber-reinforced composites. The mechanical properties are greatly influenced by the fiber type, quantity, fiber morphology...

...Sadik Lafta Omairey; Peter Donald Dunning; Srinivas Sriramula Purpose The purpose of this study is to enable performing reliability-based design optimisation (RBDO) for a composite component while accounting for several multi-scale uncertainties using a large representative volume element (LRVE...

.... proposed a composite material with a periodic structure in 1993 (Kushwaha et al., 1993). It has been proved theoretically and experimentally that by periodically adding inclusions into a homogeneous material, a discrete dispersion relationship, also known as band structure, can be formed...

...Fábio Monteiro Conde; Pedro Gonçalves Coelho; Rodrigo Paiva Tavares; Pedro Castro Camanho; José Miranda Guedes; Helder Carriço Rodrigues Purpose This study aims to achieve a “pseudo-ductile” behaviour in the response of hybrid fibre reinforced composites under uniaxial traction by solving properly...