| The main objective of this present research is to explore the overall mechanical behavior of continuously aligned fiber-reinforced composites by comparing micromechanical and numerical estimates for their respective transverse effective elastic moduli.;Firstly, based on a two-dimensional (plane strain) micromechanical model and using the self-consistent approximation method, the effective transverse elastic moduli of two-phase composite containing randomly located yet unidirectionally aligned cylindrical fibers are estimated. Mathematica software is used to implement tensorial algebra and to carry out computations.;Secondly, numerical estimates of the transverse effective moduli are computed using the finite element method by ANSYS software.;Finally, the micromechanical and numerical estimates are compared side by side and found to be in good agreement which leads us to believe that micromechanical self-consistent approximation, although assuming an infinitely extended matrix, provides a reasonable estimate for the effective properties of composite materials. |
