A. Polymer–matrix composites (PMCs), C. Computational modelling, C. Numerical analysis, E. Weaving, virtual testing

Okereke, M.I. ORCID: 0000-0002-2104-012X , Akpoyomare, A.I. and Bingley, M.S. (2014) Virtual testing of advanced composites, cellular materials and biomaterials: A review. Composites Part B: Engineering, 60. 637 - 662. ISSN 1359-8368 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.01.007)

Effective elastic properties, finite element analysis (FEA), boundary conditions, virtual testing, homogenization, fibre reinforced composites, 3D representative volume elements

Akpoyomare, A. I. and Okereke, M. I. ORCID: 0000-0002-2104-012X (2013) A virtual test-bed for the prediction of holistic effective elastic properties of UD composites. In: 19th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM19), 28 JUL 2013 - 2 AUG 2013, Montreal, Canada.

Effective properties; Periodic boundary condition; Textile composite; Meso-scale modelling; Finite element; Heterogeneous materials; Virtual testing

Akpoyomare, A. I., Okereke, M. I. ORCID: 0000-0002-2104-012X and Bingley, M. S. (2016) Virtual testing of composites: Imposing periodic boundary conditions on general finite element meshes. Composite Structures, 160. pp. 983-994. ISSN 0263-8223 (Print), 1879-1085 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.10.114)

Geometry, Meso-mechanical modelling, Virtual Testing, Woven textile composites

Akpoyomare, Ambrose I., Okereke, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-2104-012X , Bingley, Mark, McIlhagger, A. T. and Archer, E. (2015) Virtual geometric realization of woven textile composites. In: Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Composite Materials. ICCM, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Polypropylene; Semicrystalline polymers; Constitutive modelling; Mechanical relaxations; Two-process model

Okereke, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-2104-012X and Akpoyomare, Ambrose I. (2017) A constitutive model for semi-crystalline polymers: A multiple viscoelastic relaxation processes implementation. In: COMPLAS2017: XIV International Conference on Computational Plasticity: Fundamentals and Principles, 5-7 Sept, 2017, Barcelona, Spain. (Unpublished)

Thermoplastic matrix composites; Impact behaviour; Rate-dependence; Finite deformation; High strain rates

Okereke, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-2104-012X , Buckley, C. Paul and Akpoyomare, Ambrose I. (2017) The mechanism of rate-dependent off-axis compression of a low fibre volume fraction thermoplastic matrix composite. Composite Structures, 168. pp. 685-697. ISSN 0263-8223 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.02.070)

effective properties, virtual testing/framework, periodic boundary conditions, three dimensional representative volume elements, Plytron

Okereke, M. I. ORCID: 0000-0002-2104-012X and Akpoyomare, A. I. (2013) A virtual framework for prediction of full-field elastic response of unidirectional composites. Computational Materials Science, 70. pp. 82-99. ISSN 0927-0256 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.12.036)

semicrystalline polymers, polypropylene, constitutive modeling, nonlinear rate-dependent response

Okereke, Michael I. ORCID: 0000-0002-2104-012X and Akpoyomare, Ambrose I. (2019) Two-process constitutive model for semicrystalline polymers across a wide range of strain rates. Polymer, 183:121818. ISSN 0032-3861 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121818)

virtual testing, particulate, predictive modelling, periodic boundary conditions, representative volume element, Monte Carlo approach

Okereke, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-2104-012X and Akpoyomare, Ambrose I. (2015) Virtual Testing Architecture for Prediction of Effective Properties of Particulate Composites. In: International Conference on Advances in Composite Materials and Structures. ICACMS, Istanbul Turkey, p. 4.