Effect of Particle Shape and Size on Behavior of Composite Material Using Finite Element Method

Authors F. Khadraoui1 , K. Mansouri1,2 , N. Sid1,2, B. Hannachi1, M. Chitour1 , A. Berkia1 , B. Rebai3, N. Himeur1
Affiliations

1University Abbes Laghrour, Mechanical Engineering Department, 40000 Khenchela, Algeria

2Laboratory of Engineering and Sciences of Advanced Materials (ISMA), 40000 Khenchela, Algeria

3University Abbes Laghrour, Civil Engineering Department, 40000 Khenchela, Algeria

Е-mail hadraoui.faicel@univ-khenchela.dz
Issue Volume 16, Year 2024, Number 5
Dates Received 15 May 2024; revised manuscript received 14 October 2024; published online 30 October 2024
Citation F. Khadraoui, K. Mansouri, et al., J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 16 No 5, 05029 (2024)
DOI https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.16(5).05029
PACS Number(s) 1.07.De, 81.05.Qk, 81.07.Lk
Keywords Composite (45) , Particle (91) , Shape (7) , Size (20) , Traction, Finite element (6) .
Annotation

In this paper the effect of particle shape and size on the mechanic behavior of glass-particle reinforcing Nylon matrix composite is evaluated. There are many parameters effecting on the composite such as types, size, position and shape of reinforcement material. Particle morphology has received enormous interest in particulate composite; small particles adhere strongly to the polymer, which leads to a strong reinforcing effect. The objective of this research is to investigate the influence of reinforcement shape and size with different volume fractions and for three packing (square, hexagonal and random) using finite element method. The composite is subject to unidirectional tensile loading. Numerical results are presented for a variety of particle shapes and size including circular, triangular, square and two distributions grouping these shapes together. The results show that the variation of the Von Mises and longitudinal stresses consistently increased when the shape of the reinforcement changed from triangle to square, distribution 1 and distribution 2 to circular in this order.

List of References