Two-scale modeling for failure analysis of textile composites

A two-scale homogenization technique is presented to evaluate the mechanical properties of woven textile composites. The numerical approach is founded on the main assumption of periodic distribution of the reinforcements in the composite at two different scale. The first scale concerns the warp and weft yarns while the second regards a representative volume of the woven textile laminate with homogenized yarns. The main aim is to predict the macroscopic behavior until failure of textile composites. The procedure is validated against experimental results.