Compressive behavior of unidirectional FRP with spacial fibre waviness and non-uniform fibre packing

Longitudinal compressive strength of common engineering FRP is known to possess large stochastic variation which highlights the importance of accurate prediction on the compressive failure behaviour. This study employs non-linear 3D FE modeling to investigate the influence of spacial fibre waviness and non-uniform fibre packing on the compressive strength of UD FRP. Cuboid shaped FE model is constructed, and a region of sinusoidal fibre waviness...