Determination of the Mechanical Properties of Braided Composite Beams with Experimental and Numerical Methods

Y. Kyosev , G. Hello (1) , J. Reinsch , Z. Aboura , J. Schneider

1 LMEE - Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Energétique d'Evry

Composite beams reinforced with braided fabrics exhibit good mechanical properties and are used for different applications as basic structural element. This work presents an investigation about the numerical determination of the mechanical behavior of braided architectures using geometrical modelling and subsequent voxel-FE homogenization of the structure for estimation of the tensile properties. The experimental and voxel-FE results are finally compared.

Domains: Mechanics [physics]

Y. Kyosev, G. Hello, J. Reinsch, Z. Aboura, J. Schneider. Determination of the Mechanical Properties of Braided Composite Beams with Experimental and Numerical Methods. 12th International Conference on Textile Composites ( TexComp12 ), May 2015, Raleigh, United States. ⟨hal-02416693⟩