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Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Applications and Implementation (2020)
Book
Li, S., & Sitnikova, E. (2020). Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Applications and Implementation. Elsevier/Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-03559-0

Numerical methods to estimate material properties usually involve analysis of a representative volume element (RVE) or unit cell (UC). The representative volume element (RVE) or unit cell (UC) is the smallest volume over which a measurement can be ma... Read More about Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Applications and Implementation.

Unification and parameterisation of 2D and 3D weaves and the formulation of a unit cell for composites made of such preforms (2020)
Journal Article
Xu, M., Sitnikova, E., & Li, S. (2020). Unification and parameterisation of 2D and 3D weaves and the formulation of a unit cell for composites made of such preforms. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 133, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105868

In this paper, the method to unify the definition of woven architectures in textile composites over a wide range of variations has been established. This was achieved via parametrisation of the weaves, which was conducted employing a limited set of c... Read More about Unification and parameterisation of 2D and 3D weaves and the formulation of a unit cell for composites made of such preforms.