Development of RVE-embedded solid elements model for predicting effective elastic constants of discontinuous fiber reinforced composites

In this work, an RVE model with embedded solid elements (RVE-ESE) is developed to predict the effective elastic constants of discontinuous fiber reinforced composites (DFRC). Unlike the traditional finite element (FE) modeling, the matrix and fibers can be meshed separately and independently due to the implementation of the embedded element technique, which enables the ease of RVE meshing without strictly satisfying the mesh conformity at the...