{"title":"A novel algorithm to generate representative volume elements with cylindrical fibers and sphere particles","authors":"Ruoyu Li, Zhonghai Xu, Chaocan Cai, Xiaodong He","doi":"10.1177/00219983241236868","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In the article, we propose a new method to generate representative volume element (RVE) of random spatial distributions with cylindrical fibers and spherical particles based on the Improved Artificial Bee Colony (IABC) algorithm. In this employed bee phase of IABC, the proposed algorithm adopts a new search strategy, which improves the computational efficiency. To analyze the differences between the fiber distribution generated by this algorithm and the actual fiber distribution, we conducted statistical analysis on the distribution of the generated RVE. The statistical analysis results of the nearest neighbor distance (NND), Second-order intensity function, and pair correlation function were in good agreement with the experiment and complete spatial randomness (CSR) patterns. In addition, the predicted elastic properties were compared with experimental measurements and theoretical prediction methods. The results demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed algorithm. This algorithm can quickly generate the RVE of cylindrical fibers and spherical particles with volume fractions of 80% and 62%, and the calculation time for generating the RVE of cylindrical fibers is about 17s.","PeriodicalId":15489,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Composite Materials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Composite Materials","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00219983241236868","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In the article, we propose a new method to generate representative volume element (RVE) of random spatial distributions with cylindrical fibers and spherical particles based on the Improved Artificial Bee Colony (IABC) algorithm. In this employed bee phase of IABC, the proposed algorithm adopts a new search strategy, which improves the computational efficiency. To analyze the differences between the fiber distribution generated by this algorithm and the actual fiber distribution, we conducted statistical analysis on the distribution of the generated RVE. The statistical analysis results of the nearest neighbor distance (NND), Second-order intensity function, and pair correlation function were in good agreement with the experiment and complete spatial randomness (CSR) patterns. In addition, the predicted elastic properties were compared with experimental measurements and theoretical prediction methods. The results demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed algorithm. This algorithm can quickly generate the RVE of cylindrical fibers and spherical particles with volume fractions of 80% and 62%, and the calculation time for generating the RVE of cylindrical fibers is about 17s.
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Consistently ranked in the top 10 of the Thomson Scientific JCR, the Journal of Composite Materials publishes peer reviewed, original research papers from internationally renowned composite materials specialists from industry, universities and research organizations, featuring new advances in materials, processing, design, analysis, testing, performance and applications. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).