Modeling 3D transverse elasto-plastic damage of unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer composites using a smeared crack approach

This work presents a novel formulation of a 3D smeared crack model for unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer composites based on a stress invariant approach for transverse yielding and failure initiation, and on a continuum damage approach. This formulation is developed to facilitate the implement...

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Autores: Teixeira Goncalves, Paulo, Arteiro, Albertino, Rocha, Nuno, Otero Gruer, Fermín Enrique|||0000-0002-3776-7550
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/404635
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/404635
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112568
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Composites
Three-dimensional modeling
Polymer matrix composites
PMCs
Computational modelling
Plastic deformation
Finite element analysis
Damage mechanics
Materials compostos
Infografia tridimensional
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Materials compostos
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Sumario:This work presents a novel formulation of a 3D smeared crack model for unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer composites based on a stress invariant approach for transverse yielding and failure initiation, and on a continuum damage approach. This formulation is developed to facilitate the implementation in an implicit solver, increasing solution robustness and computational efficiency in quasi-static and long duration analyses. The performance of the model is evaluated using monotonic and non-monotonic damage evolution, verified with single element tests to demonstrate the consistency of the proposed formulation. Additional benchmark examples regarding off-axis tension and compression tests are simulated and compared with the experimental results, showing good agreement for the plastic response, failure load and failure strain.