A micro-mechanical model of the elastic properties of a short fibre reinforced polyamide

The elastic moduli of short fibre polyamide reinforced with different contents of glass fibres were computed by means of a numerical model. The analyses were based on the reconstructions of the internal fibre structure obtained by micro tomography using synchrotron light. The reconstructed volumes were used in a Cell Method micro-mechanical model in order to simulate the local tensile behaviour of the specimens