caa a22 4500 606166726 CHVBK 20210128100659.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10665-014-9776-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10665-014-9776-4 A composite material characterisation tool: UnitCells [Elektronische Daten] [S. Li, L. Jeanmeure, Q. Pan] Unit cells in conjunction with micromechanical finite-element analysis have been widely used as a means for material characterisation of modern composites. However, they have been mostly applied in an ad hoc manner based on individual cases. Their implementation is often a demanding task for most unit-cell users, even with the formulation given in typical publications. The typical challenges are outlined in this paper. A significant and systematic development has been carried out in recent years to automate their implementation. Eventually, a software program, UnitCells, was released as a secondary development on the Abaqus/CAE platform. It is a code written in Python which incorporates various unit cells in a rigorous and systematic way according to their formulations; at the same time, it automates the implementation of their modelling processes. The developed code has been thoroughly verified, and some of the validation cases are given in this paper as examples of its application. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Effective properties nationallicence Finite-element modelling nationallicence Material characterisation nationallicence Representative volume element (RVE) nationallicence Textile composites nationallicence Unit cell nationallicence Li S. Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK aut Jeanmeure L. Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK aut Pan Q. College of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China aut Journal of Engineering Mathematics Springer Netherlands 95/1(2015-12-01), 279-293 0022-0833 95:1<279 2015 95 10665 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-014-9776-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-014-9776-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li S. Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jeanmeure L. Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pan Q. College of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Engineering Mathematics Springer Netherlands 95/1(2015-12-01), 279-293 0022-0833 95:1<279 2015 95 10665