Imperial College London
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Dr Soraia Pimenta

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Reader in Mechanics of Materials and Structures
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3784soraia.pimenta Website

 
 
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Location

 

521City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Swolfs:2017,
author = {Swolfs, Y and Pimenta, S and Thionnet, A and Bunsell, A and Gorbatikh, L and Morton, H and Sinclair, I and Spearing, SM},
title = {A benchmarking exercise for three longitudinal strength models for unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - © 2017 International Committee on Composite Materials. All rights reserved. The longitudinal strength of unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites is one of the most basic strength properties of fibre-reinforced composites. Many different models have been developed, but a systematic and unbiased comparison between those models is not available in the literature. This paper therefore presents a benchmarking exercise that compares three state-of-the-art models: a hierarchical scaling law, a direct numerical simulation method and a multiscale finite element simulation method. The results reveal significant discrepancies between the predictions of the models, which can be explained by the inherent assumptions of each of the models. Experimental results were compared against blind predictions by all three models. This comparison revealed that the basic mechanisms are understood and captured, but that more experimental and modelling work is required to advance our understanding to a higher level.
AU  - Swolfs,Y
AU  - Pimenta,S
AU  - Thionnet,A
AU  - Bunsell,A
AU  - Gorbatikh,L
AU  - Morton,H
AU  - Sinclair,I
AU  - Spearing,SM
PY  - 2017///
TI  - A benchmarking exercise for three longitudinal strength models for unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites
ER  -
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