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According to Coenen et al. (2010), this assumption is commonly employed in macro-<br />

mech<strong>an</strong>ical <strong>an</strong>alyses of composites. Then, the material is considered to be quasi-<br />

homogeneous which implies that the properties are taken to be the same at every point.<br />

These properties are not the same as the properties of either the fibre or the matrix, but<br />

are a combination of the properties of the constituents. This homogenisation theory also<br />

allows for obtaining a variation of field variables associated with different problems of<br />

physics <strong>an</strong>d mech<strong>an</strong>ics in heterogeneous media when the scale ratio, i.e. the ratio<br />

between the fine <strong>an</strong>d coarse scale, tends to be zero (Tootkaboni <strong>an</strong>d Brady, 2010).<br />

3.8.3 The study of predicted elastic const<strong>an</strong>t in the TWF composite repair<br />

modelling<br />

The main problem for the FE approach lies in the requirement of accurate<br />

models for all the signific<strong>an</strong>t aspects of the forming process. The mech<strong>an</strong>ical behaviour<br />

of fabrics is complex due to intricate interactions of the yarns <strong>an</strong>d fibres. It is a multi-<br />

scale problem as reported by Hamila <strong>an</strong>d Boisse (2009). According to Verhoosel et al.<br />

(2010), the restricted interest in micro-scale behaviour offers the possibility for multi-<br />

scale <strong>an</strong>alyses in which only part of the micro-scale complexity is carried over to the<br />

macro-scale. Hence, in a multi-scale <strong>an</strong>alysis, information is exch<strong>an</strong>ged between<br />

different scale lengths by me<strong>an</strong>s of the homogenisation technique that has been<br />

discussed in the earlier section <strong>an</strong>d the use of ‗rules of mixture‘ that will be discussed<br />

later. However, Hamila <strong>an</strong>d Boisse (2009) point out that macroscopic behaviour is also<br />

very much dependent on the interaction of yarns at the meso-scale (scale of the woven<br />

unit cell) <strong>an</strong>d at the micro-scale (level of the fibres consisting of yarns). Despite much<br />

work in the field, there is no widely accepted model that accurately describes all the<br />

main aspects of this <strong>an</strong>isotropic continuum in composite woven reinforcement<br />

mech<strong>an</strong>ical behaviour.<br />

Hamila <strong>an</strong>d Boisse (2009) also give several reasons for that in their literature.<br />

Firstly, the identification of homogenised material parameters ch<strong>an</strong>ge when the fabric is<br />

subjected to the large strains due to forming <strong>an</strong>d consequently the directions of the<br />

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