Research Article

A Novel Microscopic Modeling Scheme for the Shape Memory Polymer Composites with respect to the Ambient Temperature

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Simplified modeling procedure of the SMPC reinforced with natural short fibers. (a) The effective 3D equivalent structure. (b) SMPC treated as the composite laminated reinforced with the periodic ellipsoidal inclusion. (c) The RVE discretized by serials of hexahedral subcells.
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