Abstract
The use of fiber reinforced plastics (FRPs) as structural components has significantly increased in recent years. FRPs are made of stacks of plies, each of which is reinforced by fibers. When modeling ultrasonic wave propagation in FRPs, it is important to introduce three-dimensional mesoscopic and microscopic structures to account for the anisotropy and heterogeneity caused by fiber orientation and the lay-up of laminates. In this study, a finite element method using an image-based modeling is applied to simulation of ultrasonic wave propagation in a carbon FRP (CFRP). Here, the elastic stiffness of a single ply is determined using a homogenization method, where a CFRP microstructure is incorporated on the basis of a two-scale asymptotic expansion. The wave propagation in a CFRP specimen composed of unidirectionally aligned fibers is calculated, and the simulation results are compared to visualization results obtained for ultrasonic wave propagation using a laser scanning device.
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