Academics Research Our Dept Resources Academics Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs Course Descriptions Mission and Objectives Research Department Faculty & Staff Graduate Students Open Faculty Positions News & Announcements Events Resources Webmail Career Services Engineering Student Services Intranet Home > Our Department > All Events > An Analytical Solution for the Antiplane Shear Problem of a Composite Reinforced with Functionally Graded Fibres    An Analytical Solution for the Antiplane Shear Problem of a Composite Reinforced with Functionally Graded Fibres   By Dr. Edoardo Artioli Assistant Professor University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' and University of Rhode Island   Thu, Nov 6, 2008 2:30 PM   Location: Lopata Hall Room 101   Abstract This seminar presents an analytical expression for the homogenized longitudinal shear moduli of a composite reinforced by straight circular functionally graded fibres. Fibres are arranged regularly in a homogeneous matrix within a unit periodic cell of general shape. The fibre/matrix interface is assumed linear elastic. The asymptotic homogenization method is adopted, and the relative cell problem is solved in closed form by means of Weierstrass elliptic functions, for a wide class of possible fibre gradings. The effectiveness of the present analytical result is discussed by convergence analysis and comparison with finite-element solutions.     Mechanical, Aerospace & Structural Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis One Brookings Drive, Box 1185, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 Office Location: 305 Jolley Hall, Phone: (314) 935-6047, Fax: (314) 935-4014   Home |  Academics | Research | Department | Resources © 2009 | Did you find it?