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A. Rasool, H. J. Böhm:
"A Study of Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Composite Materials Reinforced with Polyhedral Shaped Particles";
Poster: Junior Scientist Conference 2010, Wien; 04-07-2010 - 04-09-2010; in: "Proceedings of the Junior Scientist Conference 2010", H. Kaiser, R. Kirner (ed.); (2010), ISBN: 978-3-200-01797-9; 147 - 148.

The present work uses the unit cell method for the determination of the effective thermo-elastic properties of particle reinforced
composites. The geometries of the unit cells are generated by an in-house C++ code which can provide periodic arrangements of randomly distributed particles of regular polyhedral shapes, such as
cubes, octahedra and tetrahedra. The resulting geometries are then analysed by a Finite Element code. The dependence of macroscopic thermoelastic properties, namely, the Young´s modulus, E,
Poisson number, bulk modulus, K, shear modulus, G and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the composite on the shapes and the
volume fraction of its constituents is studied.

Project Head Helmut J. Böhm:
Generierung von Partikelanordnungen für mikromechanische Modellierungen