A combined elastoplastic damage model for progressive failure analysis of composite materials and structures

2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (12) ◽  
pp. 3478-3489 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.F. Chen ◽  
E.V. Morozov ◽  
K. Shankar
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Progressive Failure ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Progressive Failure Analysis ◽  
Elastoplastic Damage

scholarly journals Progressive Failure Analysis of Laminates with Embedded Wrinkle Defects Based on an Elastoplastic Damage Model

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2422
Author(s):  
Zhi Hua Ning ◽  
Guan Liang Huo ◽  
Ren Huai Liu ◽  
Wei Lin Wu ◽  
Jia Ming Xie
Keyword(s):  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Progressive Failure ◽  
Golden Section ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Failure Behavior ◽  
Progressive Failure Analysis ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
Elastoplastic Damage

Out-of-plane wrinkling has a significant influence on the mechanical performance of composite laminates. Numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the progressive failure behavior of fiber-reinforced composite laminates with out-of-plane wrinkle defects subjected to axial compression. To describe the material degradation, a three-dimensional elastoplastic damage model with four damage modes (i.e., fiber tensile failure, matrix failure, fiber kinking/splitting, and delamination) was developed based on the LaRC05 criterion. To improve the computational efficiency in searching for the fracture angle in the matrix failure analysis, a high-efficiency and robust modified algorithm that combines the golden section search method with an inverse interpolation based on an existing study is proposed. The elastoplastic damage model was implemented in the finite-element code Abaqus using a user-defined material subroutine in Abaqus/Explicit. The model was applied to the progressive failure analysis of IM7/8552 composite laminates with out-of-plane wrinkles subjected to axial compressive loading. The numerical results showed that the compressive strength prediction obtained by the elastoplastic damage model is more accurate than that derived with an elastic damage model. The present model can describe the nonlinearity of the laminate during the damage evolution and determine the correct damage locations, which are in good agreement with experimental observations. Furthermore, it was discovered that the plasticity effects should not be neglected in laminates with low wrinkle levels.

MULTISCALE PROGRESSIVE FAILURE ANALYSIS OF PLAIN-WOVEN COMPOSITE MATERIALS

2009 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 263-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. RAIMONDO ◽  
M. H. ALIABADI
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Damage Mechanics ◽  
Progressive Failure ◽  
Fibrous Composite ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Failure Criteria ◽  
Woven Composite ◽  
Progressive Failure Analysis ◽  
Proposed Model

The paper presents an overview of multiscale modeling of advanced fibrous composite materials. Following the review, a nonlinear, fully three-dimensional, numerical model is proposed which is suitable for multiscale elastic and progressive failure analysis of plain-woven composite materials. The proposed model is developed for implementation into the Finite Element code ABAQUS/Explicit as a user-defined subroutine for constant stress (one integration point) solid elements. The multiscale strategy applied in this paper uses a closed-form solution approach for homogenization of the mesoscale properties of a woven composite. A mosaic model of the woven composite's Representative Volume Element (RVE) is used for deriving the micromechanical relations used for homogenization. The composite RVE model used herein is composed of UD interlacing yarns (fill and warp yarns) and matrix-rich regions. For failure and damage analysis, the following features are implemented in this work: material nonlinearity for pure in-plane shear deformation; physically-based failure criteria for matrix failure in the UD yarns; maximum stress failure criteria for failure of fibers in the UD yarns and of the pure matrix in the resin-rich regions and energy-based damage mechanics. The proposed strategy, which has been implemented and tested for a special case of an in-plane damage, has some evident advantages compared to the other approaches, especially for application to full-scale simulations, i.e., component and structural scales. A comparison of the proposed model with experimental data shows a good correlation can be achieved.

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