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yarns ch<strong>an</strong>ge <strong>an</strong>d lateral contact between the yarns occurs. Secondly there are large<br />

slidings between fibres <strong>an</strong>d continuity. Thirdly, the stress notion used in continuum<br />

mech<strong>an</strong>ics is also questionable because a stress vector is <strong>an</strong> elementary load on <strong>an</strong><br />

elementary surface that, in the case of fibrous material, is not well defined.<br />

In order to improve the homogenisation methods that are generally referred to as<br />

unit cell methods, Verhoosel et al. (2010) suggest using a suitable technique that is<br />

called computational homogenisation where it describes the macroscopic constitutive<br />

behaviour using a finite element model (or other discretization technique) on the micro-<br />

scale, rather th<strong>an</strong> via <strong>an</strong>alytic constitutive laws. Verhoosel et al. (2010) demonstrate this<br />

technique as being capable of effectively capturing non-linear micro-scale behaviour<br />

such as debonding, cracks etc. in macro-scale <strong>an</strong>alyses.<br />

However, in this study which involves only the integrity of bonding, the repaired<br />

model was developed based on the macro-scale rather th<strong>an</strong> on the micro-scale level of<br />

the composite material. There are several reasons for this. The first is because the<br />

objectives of the study are more towards predicting the overall composite behaviour<br />

rather th<strong>an</strong> predicting the behaviour of one single fibre tow, resin pocket or the response<br />

of the fibre-matrix interface (Littell, 2008). The second reason is that structured <strong>an</strong>d<br />

layered thin sheets (composites) are used in the pipeline repair simulation.<br />

According to Coenen et al. (2010), the size of the fine scale details in these<br />

heterogeneous, thin sheets is typically much smaller compared to the dimensions of the<br />

whole structure, thus making direct numerical <strong>an</strong>alyses very expensive even using<br />

modern computer power. Therefore, it is preferable to model these shells on the macro-<br />

scale as a homogeneous continuum with effective properties obtained through, for<br />

example, homogenisation procedures.<br />

The third reason is because the micro-structured material behaviour may be<br />

arbitrarily complex <strong>an</strong>d include a physical <strong>an</strong>d/or geometrical evolution of the<br />

microstructure (e.g. phase tr<strong>an</strong>sitions, decohesion, delamination, inter- or intra-gr<strong>an</strong>ular<br />

fracture etc). Since this study is not involved with the defect, the macroscopic material<br />

behaviour is the only concern. As a result, no through thickness integration is needed in<br />

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