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The aim of this paper is to present some important practical cases in the analysis of the creep response of unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites. Some of the currently used models are described: the micromechanical model, homogenization technics, the Mori–Tanaka method, and the finite element method (FEM). Each method was analyzed to determine its advantages and disadvantages. Regarding the accuracy of the obtained results, comparisons are made with experimental tests. The methods presented here are applied to carbon-fiber-reinforced composites, but these considerations can also be applied to other types of composite materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work, the finite element technique is employed to evaluate the effects of thermal relaxation durations on temperature, displacements, and stresses in a two-dimensional, polymeric, orthotropic, elastic medium. The problem is considered in a homogeneous, polymeric, orthotropic medium in the context of the Green and Lindsay model with two thermal relaxation times. The bounding surface of the half-space was subjected to a heat flux with an exponentially decaying pulse. Finite element techniques were used to solve the governing formulations, with eight-node isoparametric rectangular elements with three degrees of freedom (DOF) per node. The developed method was calculated using numerical results applied to the polymeric, orthotropic medium. The findings were implemented and visually shown. Finally, the results were displayed to demonstrate the differences between classical dynamic coupling (CT), the Lord–Shulman (LS) and the Green and Lindsay (GL) models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of electric vehicle manufacturing, which is considered a useful new popular propulsion system, has major design differences compared to conventional vehicles. This requires a reconsideration of the main components of vehicles and an analysis of them to determine the optimal design and solutions for the new models of cars. Among the many systems that need to be reconsidered is the suspension. A cheaper solution for reducing the car's vibrations is suspension where the damping is ensured by elastic rubber elements, which are very simple, as they have significant structural damping and a much lower price than the classic solution. The main advantage of this solution is the simplicity. The paper presents and analyzes such an element, analyzing the vibrations of this element and the way in which inertial masses (metal spheres) inserted into the volume of the rubber influence the behavior of this element. The transmissibility of such an element, and how the number of balls and the level of structural damping influences this property, is also analyzed. The results suggest possible applications in the automotive industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Composite-based polymer materials are manufactured in a wide variety of types with different compositions, structures, geometries, and topological descriptions. Among these, micropolar materials with voids have become increasingly studied in the literature. This paper establishes the equations of motion for such a material for the purpose of dynamic analysis via the finite element method (FEM). The Euler–Lagrangian formalism, based on the expressions of kinetic energy, potential energy, and mechanical work, is used. Hence, it is possible to study the dynamic response of such a system in the most general configuration case. The choice of the shape functions will determine the matrix coefficients for each particular case. An application illustrates the presented results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]