A new algorithm to generate non-uniformly dispersed representative volume elements of composite materials with high volume fractions

In this work, a novel algorithm is proposed to generate three-dimensional random spatial distribution representative volume elements (RVEs) of composite materials. The approach is based on the bionic optimization technology of Cuckoo search algorithm. It addresses the problem of jamming limitation i...

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Main Authors: Chaocan Cai, Bo Wang, Weilong Yin, Zhonghai Xu, Rongguo Wang, Xiaodong He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Materials & Design
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127522003720