Analysis Used in ICAN/JAVA Micromechanics Computation

The following table displays the analysis to be used, based on primary and secondary material data for the ply. (Skip table)

  Applicability Document(s)
  Fiber or Particle Matrix or Binder Interphase Metal or Ceramic Substructure slicing Subslicing Analysis used

1

        either either Error: no matrix, no fiber/particle, no interphase

2

either either Interphase metal (reaction) either either Error: both types of Interphase

3

either either either   Yes Yes TP-3602, need at least one of matrix, fiber/particle, interphase

4

    Interphase   either   Error: no matrix, also Interphase without fiber/particle

5

either       either   Error: no matrix

6

either   Interphase   either   Error: no matrix

7

  either Interphase   either   Error: Interphase without fiber/particle

8

  either     either   TP-2515/ TP-3290

9

fiber matrix   metal (reaction)     TM-87154

10

fiber matrix   non-metal     TP-2515/ TP-3290

11

fiber matrix Interphase non-metal     Error: no analysis, but recommend slicing (see 14) or subslicing (see 3)

12

fiber matrix   metal (reaction) sliced   Error: no analysis, but recommend NO slicing (see 9)

13

fiber matrix   non-metal sliced   TP-3602

14

fiber matrix Interphase non-metal sliced   TP-3602

15

particle binder   metal (reaction)     Error: no analysis for particles

16

particle binder   non-metal     Particle in Equivalent Cube

17

particle binder Interphase non-metal     Particle in Equivalent Cube

18

particle binder   metal (reaction) sliced   Error: no analysis for particles

19

particle binder   non-metal sliced   Error: no analysis for particles, but recommend subslicing (see 3)

20

particle binder Interphase non-metal sliced   Error: no analysis for particles, but recommend subslicing (see 3)

"Error: no analysis for particles" indicates that although there is currently no such analysis, some could be generated or the reaction data ignored. If some analysis were generated, the substructured case would still not have any analysis as described below:

"Error: no analysis YET" for substructured particles implies that the analysis for a "Particle in Equivalent Cube" could be modified to produce such analysis. The current analysis uses the following diagram:
Slicing a composite into Matrix/Interphase/Fiber/Interphase/Matrix
D
which could apply to either sliced or non-sliced data.

There are supplementary documents to TP-2515/ TP-3290: TM-83696/ TM-87295/ TM-83320


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