A multiscale approach for virtual testing of highly aligned short carbon fiber composites

This paper presents an efficient multiscale approach for high fidelity virtual testing of highly aligned short fiber reinforced composites (SFRCs), based solely on constituent material and interface properties with no need of calibration data. The method is based on a hierarchical, bottom-up characterization of SFRCs and the link of mechanical behaviors of materials and microstructures from a lower scale to a higher scale. It starts with a...