Abstract
A novel hybrid method is developed to compute the effective properties of composites containing arbitrarily shaped inclusions. In this method, finite element analysis of a single inclusion representative volume element model is used to compute the Eshelby tensor of the inclusion. This tensor is substituted into Mori–Tanaka model to compute the effective properties. Predictions by the hybrid method are compared with the predictions by a pure analytical method as well as a pure numerical method. Results indicate that the composites with triangular, rectangular and irregular section inclusions have significantly better effective properties than the corresponding composites with circular section inclusions.
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