Virtual modelling of microscopic damage in polymer composite materials at high rates of strain

This paper reports on the development of a multiscale modelling approach aimed at producing virtual material data for the macroscopic finite element analysis of composite materials and structures subject to high rates of strain, e.g. under blast or ballistic loading. Finite element simulations were undertaken on a microscale unit cell consisting of S2/8552 glass/epoxy fibres and matrix. Simulations were run in tension, compression and shear from...