You can define the material properties of the matrix constituent of the composite using a
different material behavior. The properties of the matrix are undefined in the fiber
reinforcement material model. You also specify various parameters to define a semianalytical
homogenization approach to compute the thermal and mechanical properties of the composite
material.
The fiber reinforcement material option:
- supports one or more fiber reinforcements
- supports fiber behaviors whose mechanical response can be modeled using a linear elastic
response only
- supports specification of expansion, thermal conductivity, and density of each fiber
reinforcement
- requires you to provide the homogenization data, the number of fiber reinforcements, the
fiber geometric and orientation data, and the material data for each reinforcement
- uses formulations based on Eshelby's solution and
- can predict volume-averaged microlevel solutions in each constituent of the
composite