Abstract

This paper examines the mechanical behavior of the short fiber reinforced plastic (SFRP) considering the microstructure using multi-scale simulation. The SFRP, which the microstructure consists of resin and fiver, has a rate, thermal, and fiber orientation dependency. The mechanical property is predicted by matrix and fiber properties. However, the properties by material testing are different from the prediction. Thus, this paper decides each microscopic material parameter on microstructure by the least-square method using the experimental data. Comparing the macro simulation results using homogenized values and the experimental results shows microstructure influences the macroscopic behavior. Moreover, the numerical examples compare the results under two types of tensile speed and three fiber orientation types. The present work completes the multi-scale simulation using a simple microstructure considering fiber orientation and strain rate.