An ICME framework for short fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites via direct ink writing

A manufacturing-driven ICME framework is proposed to model short fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) via direct ink writing. Currently, there lacks efforts to investigate the effects of properties of short fiber reinforced CMCs due to fiber alignment variance. A multi-scale modeling approach is presented to use representative volume elements to capture the homogenized mechanical behavior at various fiber aspect ratios and volume ratios. The orthotropic material properties are mapped to model the printing process. A series of tensile tests simulations show that with 20^∘ standard deviation in fiber alignment, the fracture plane has the maximum local tensile stress range at a printing angle of 30^∘ and has the minimum local tensile stress range at 90 ∘ . When the standard deviation increases from 20^∘ to 40^∘, the average tensile strength across the fracture plane decreases by 2%, but the stress variations increase 27.6%.