Modeling of periodically-structured fiber-reinforced laminates with multiple fibers absent
Abstract
Electromagnetic modeling of periodically-structured, fiber-reinforced laminates with some fibers missing is investigated, this applying as well to similarly disorganized photonic crystals. Parallel fibers are periodically positioned in a layer between two half-spaces. Absent fibers destroy the periodicity. The supercell concept involving an auxiliary periodic structure and first-order approximations calling for the Green function of the sound structure provide complementary solutions, as it will be illustrated by comprehensive numerical simulations.