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ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR TEXTILE COMPOSITES
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Comments:
Orientation averaging (stiffness averaging) approaches are valid when strains do
not vary significantly over the scale of the unit cell. The macroelement approach
will be more accurate when stress gradients, such as bending effects, are important.
This code demonstrates a powerful methodology that may be used to generate
structural models when textile preforms cannot be accurately homogenized.
However, the code has limited applications in its present form.