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COMPO: A System for CAD of Composite Materials

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Computer Aided Design in Composite Material Technology III

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A software system, COMPO, based on finite element methods, has been developed which implements the homogenization methodology for evaluation of macroscopic effective thermal and elastic moduli of continuous and short fiber reinforced composites. Homogenization retains interaction effects in the macroscopic approximations due to the microstructural geometry of the composite. COMPO computes not only the macroscopic characteristics of the composite, but also the microscopic thermal or stress and strain fields acting at the fiber-matrix interfaces. Both thermal and elasticity properties are treated for both continuous and short fiber reinforced materials. The system can treat composites with various fiber shapes and packing arrangements. Auxillary modules provide support for design and analysis of structures using composite materials.

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  1. Techno-Sciences, Inc., Suite 620, 7833 Walker Drive, 20770, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

    G. L. Blankenship & L. G. Lebow

  2. SIMULOG, S.A., 1, rue James Joule, 78182, Saint Quentin Yvelines Cedex, France

    A. Hassim & A. Dutoya

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  1. G. L. Blankenship
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, DE, USA

    S. G. Advani

  2. Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, S04 2AA, Southampton, UK

    W. R. Blain

  3. Faculteit Toegepaste Wetenschappen Dienst Analyse van Strukturen, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Belgium

    W. P. de Wilde

  4. Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, DE, USA

    J. W. Gillespie Jr.

  5. Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    O. H. Griffin Jr.

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Blankenship, G.L., Lebow, L.G., Hassim, A., Dutoya, A. (1992). COMPO: A System for CAD of Composite Materials. In: Advani, S.G., Blain, W.R., de Wilde, W.P., Gillespie, J.W., Griffin, O.H. (eds) Computer Aided Design in Composite Material Technology III. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2874-2_22

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