Evaluation of thermo-elasto-viscoplastic properties of CFRTP

In the present paper, carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) were evaluated using a homogenization theory, based on the finite element method (FEM). Homogenization theory was employed to estimate the inelastic constitutive equation of the composite material by combining the constitutive equations of matrix and fiber respectively. Thermo-elasto-viscoplastic property of matrix was then evaluated by unidirectional tensile tests under several...