Particle reinforced composites consist of spherical particles regularly arranged in a matrix material.
The following options can be defined:
Geometry Type: Control the spheres arrangement within the matrix.
Simple Cubic: A cubic unit cell with a sphere in the center (maximum volume fraction of about 52%).
Body Centered Cubic: A cubic unit cell with spheres at all the corners and a sphere in the center (maximum volume fraction of about 68%).
Face Centered Cubic: A cubic unit cell with spheres at all the corners and at the centers of each face (maximum volume fraction of about 74%).
Particle Volume Fraction: The fraction of space within the RVE that the particles occupy.
Particle Diameter: The diameter of the individual particles in the active unit system.
Hollow Particles: Generate hollow rather than solid particles.
Particle Wall Thickness: Wall thickness of hollow particles in the active unit system. This value has to be smaller than the radius of the particle.
Repeat Count: The number of times that the unit cell is repeated in each coordinate direction.