A 3D transversally isotropic constitutive model for advanced composites implemented in a high performance computing code

A 3D constitutive damage model is proposed for predicting the progressive failure of laminated composite materials at mesoscopic length scale. The damage initiation and growth functions are based on the experimental phenomenology. The damage evolution laws are defined ensuring the energy regularizat...

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Published in:European journal of mechanics, A, Solids Vol. 71; pp. 278 - 291
Main Authors: Quintanas-Corominas, Adrià, Maimí, Pere, Casoni, Eva, Turon, Albert, Mayugo, Joan Andreu, Guillamet, Gerard, Vázquez, Mariano
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Berlin Elsevier Masson SAS 01.09.2018
Elsevier BV
Subjects:
Composite materials
Computation
Computer simulation
Constitutive modelling
Constitutive models
Crack closure
Crack initiation
Damage
Damage assessment
Damage model
Evolution
Failure analysis
Finite elements
Fracture
Fracture mechanics
High performance computing
Laminated composites
Mathematical models
Phenomenology
Predictions
Propagation
Regularization
Studies
Three dimensional models
Laminated composites
Damage model
Finite elements
Fracture
High performance computing
Constitutive modelling
ISSN:0997-7538, 1873-7285
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Summary:A 3D constitutive damage model is proposed for predicting the progressive failure of laminated composite materials at mesoscopic length scale. The damage initiation and growth functions are based on the experimental phenomenology. The damage evolution laws are defined ensuring the energy regularization thanks to the crack band model. The crack closure effect under load reversal is also considered. The model is specifically formulated to be implemented in a high-performance computing platform, Alya, that enables the use of very fine meshes, ensuring an accurate prediction of the onset and propagation of damage. The reliability and the performance of the proposed formulation are examined simulating a cross-ply laminate and open hole tests under tensile loading. •The constitutive model is fully 3D transversally isotropic, formulated within the framework of continuum damage mechanics.•The model is suitable for a high performance simulation.•Failure process due to fibre kinking and breakage and matrix cracking are captured by the model.•New loading functions are proposed based on experimental observations and verified with a physically based failure criteria.•The damage laws are formulated as n-linear piecewise functions considering the crack-band model.
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ISSN:0997-7538
1873-7285
DOI:10.1016/j.euromechsol.2018.03.021