Micropolar Modeling of Auxetic Chiral Lattices With Tunable Internal Rotation

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Bahaloo ◽  
Yaning Li

Based on micropolar continuum theory, the closed-form stiffness tensor of auxetic chiral lattices with V-shaped wings and rotational joints were derived. Representative volume element (RVE) of the chiral lattice was decomposed into V-shape wings with fourfold symmetry. A unified V-beam finite element was developed to reduce the nodal degrees of freedoms of the RVE to enable closed-form analytical solutions. The elasticity constants were derived as functions of the angle of the V-shaped wings, nondimensional in-plane thickness of the ribs, and the stiffness of the rotational joints. The influences of these parameters on the coupled chiral and auxetic effects were systematically explored. The results show that the elastic moduli were significantly influenced by all three parameters, while Poisson's ratio was barely influenced by the in-plane thickness of the ribs but is sensitive to the angle of the V-shaped wings and the stiffness of the rotational springs. There is a transition region out of which the spring stiffness does not considerably affect the auxeticity and the overall lattice stiffness.

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-434
Author(s):  
Duc-Chinh Pham

Our major new results and the previous ones on the bounds for elastic random polycrystals, and most advanced 3D finite element results for random 3D Voronoi polycrystals are resumed and analysed (together for the first time). Recently obtained numerical Dirichlet and Neumann simulation results for the effective elastic moduli of a large 10000-grain-size random Voronoi polycrystal representative volume element (RVE) for a number of triclinic and monoclinic base crystals (Mursheda and Ranganathan, 2017) are compared critically with the bounds on the moduli. Though major parts within the simulation results fall within the bounds of Pham (2011), some Dirichlet upper estimates still lie outside the bounds. Many more RVEs are needed to represent the Voronoi polycrystal on the same RVE-size-level, and larger RVEs are needed for checking the convergence and comparisons with the bounds.


Author(s):  
Aurora Pisano ◽  
Alba Sofi ◽  
Paolo Fuschi

The paper deals with the implementation of a method, known in the relevant literature as Nonlocal Finite Element Method, for solving 2D boundary value problems in the context of nonhomogeneous nonlocal elasticity. The method, founded on a consistent thermodynamic formulation, is here improved making use of a phenomenological strain-difference-based nonhomogeneous nonlocal elasticity model. The latter assumes a two components local/nonlocal constitutive relation in which the stress is conceived as the sum of two contributions governed by the standard elastic moduli tensor and by a nonlocal stiffness tensor, respectively. Two numerical examples are presented and the obtained results are discussed both to verify the reliability of the method and to show its potential and limits for the analysis of nonhomogeneous nonlocal elastic problems.


1990 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 298-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. W. Neale ◽  
S. C. Shrivastava

The inelastic behavior of solid circular bars twisted to arbitrarily large strains is considered. Various phenomenological constitutive laws currently employed to model finite strain inelastic behavior are shown to lead to closed-form analytical solutions for torsion. These include rate-independent elastic-plastic isotropic hardening J2 flow theory of plasticity, various kinematic hardening models of flow theory, and both hypoelastic and hyperelastic formulations of J2 deformation theory. Certain rate-dependent inelastic laws, including creep and strain-rate sensitivity models, also permit the development of closed-form solutions. The derivation of these solutions is presented as well as numerous applications to a wide variety of time-independent and rate-dependent plastic constitutive laws.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Prati ◽  
João Paulo Mendes Tribst ◽  
Amanda Maria de Oliveira Dal Piva ◽  
Alexandre Luiz Souto Borges ◽  
Maurizio Ventre ◽  
...  

The aim of the present investigation was to calculate the stress distribution generated in the root dentine canal during mechanical rotation of five different NiTi endodontic instruments by means of a finite element analysis (FEA). Two conventional alloy NiTi instruments F360 25/04 and F6 Skytaper 25/06, in comparison to three heat treated alloys NiTI Hyflex CM 25/04, Protaper Next 25/06 and One Curve 25/06 were considered and analyzed. The instruments’ flexibility (reaction force) and geometrical features (cross section, conicity) were previously investigated. For each instrument, dentine root canals with two different elastic moduli(18 and 42 GPa) were simulated with defined apical ratios. Ten different CAD instrument models were created and their mechanical behaviors were analyzed by a 3D-FEA. Static structural analyses were performed with a non-failure condition, since a linear elastic behavior was assumed for all components. All the instruments generated a stress area concentration in correspondence to the root canal curvature at approx. 7 mm from the apex. The maximum values were found when instruments were analyzed in the highest elastic modulus dentine canal. Strain and von Mises stress patterns showed a higher concentration in the first part of curved radius of all the instruments. Conventional Ni-Ti endodontic instruments demonstrated higher stress magnitudes, regardless of the conicity of 4% and 6%, and they showed the highest von Mises stress values in sound, as well as in mineralized dentine canals. Heat-treated endodontic instruments with higher flexibility values showed a reduced stress concentration map. Hyflex CM 25/04 displayed the lowest von Mises stress values of, respectively, 35.73 and 44.30 GPa for sound and mineralized dentine. The mechanical behavior of all rotary endodontic instruments was influenced by the different elastic moduli and by the dentine canal rigidity.


Meccanica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Colatosti ◽  
Nicholas Fantuzzi ◽  
Patrizia Trovalusci ◽  
Renato Masiani

AbstractIn this work, particle composite materials with different kind of microstructures are analyzed. Such materials are described as made of rigid particles and elastic interfaces. Rigid particles of arbitrary hexagonal shape are considered and their geometry is described by a limited set of parameters. Three different textures are analyzed and static analyses are performed for a comparison among the solutions of discrete, micropolar (Cosserat) and classical models. In particular, the displacements of the discrete model are compared to the displacement fields of equivalent micropolar and classical continua realized through a homogenization technique, starting from the representative elementary volume detected with a numeric approach. The performed analyses show the effectiveness of adopting the micropolar continuum theory for describing such materials.


2006 ◽  
Vol 324-325 ◽  
pp. 951-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Min Yu ◽  
Zhu Feng Yue ◽  
Yong Shou Liu

Fracture along an interface between materials plays a major role in failure of material. In this investigation, finite element calculations with Kachanov–Rabotnov damage law were carried out to study the creep damage distribution near the interface cavity in bimaterial specimens. The specimens with central hole were divided into three types. The material parameters of K-R law used in this paper were chosen for a brittle material and ductile material. All calculations were performed under four load cases. Due to the difference between elastic moduli of the bounded materials, the elastic stress field as a function of the Young’s modulus ratio (R=E1/E2) was determined. At the same time, the influence of model type on elastic stress distribution near the cavity was considered. Under the same conditions, the material with larger modulus is subjected to larger stress. The creep damage calculations show that the location of the maximum damage is different for each model. The distributions of creep damage for all three models are dependent on the material properties and load cases.


Author(s):  
Babak Haghpanah ◽  
Jim Papadopoulos ◽  
Davood Mousanezhad ◽  
Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi ◽  
Ashkan Vaziri

An approach to obtain analytical closed-form expressions for the macroscopic ‘buckling strength’ of various two-dimensional cellular structures is presented. The method is based on classical beam-column end-moment behaviour expressed in a matrix form. It is applied to sample honeycombs with square, triangular and hexagonal unit cells to determine their buckling strength under a general macroscopic in-plane stress state. The results were verified using finite-element Eigenvalue analysis.


1988 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Stone ◽  
T. W. Wu ◽  
P.-S. Alexopoulos ◽  
W. R. Lafontaine

AbstractClosed-form elasticity solutions are introduced, that predict the average displacement beneath square and triangular, uniformly loaded areas at the surface of a bilayer. The solutions aid in the application of depth-sensing indentation techniques for measuring thin film elastic moduli. The elasticity solutions agree closely with experimental data of Al, Si, 1 μm Al on Si, and 2 μm Cr on Si. The case of poor adhesion between the film and substrate is briefly examined.


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