A Multiscale Approach to Studying the High Strain-Rate Deformations of Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Matrix Composites

The mechanical properties and failure of composites depend on their microscopic characteristics (constituent properties and microscopic structural features). The continuum theory cannot explain the failure mechanism of composite materials in terms of connecting microscopic damage to the macroscopic fracture. In this paper, a multiscale method combining the High-Fidelity Generalized Method of Cells with ANSYS/LS-DYNA is presented. The method is...