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This paper presents a method for the evaluation of effective material properties of piezoelectric fibre composites using homogenisation techniques based on the finite element method (FEM) with representative volume element (RVE) method. Numerical studies are performed to estimate the influence of diameter and arrangement of fibres on effective material properties. All effective material properties of transversely randomly distributed uni-directional piezoelectric fibre composites are evaluated and comparisons are made with regular packing like square and hexagonal arrangements.
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Kari, S., Berger, H., Gabbert, U. (2008). Numerical Evaluation of Effective Material Properties of Piezoelectric Fibre Composites. In: Bertram, A., Tomas, J. (eds) Micro-Macro-interaction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85715-0_9
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