Mechanism based nonlinear constitutive model for composite laminates subjected to large deformations

2015 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. 98-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Mandel ◽  
Robin Taubert ◽  
Roland Hinterhölzl
2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 118-125
Author(s):  
Weihua Zhou ◽  
Changqing Fang ◽  
Huifeng Tan ◽  
Huiyu Sun

Abstract Uncured rubber possesses remarkable hyperelastic and viscoelastic properties while it undergoes large deformation; therefore, it has wide application prospects and attracts great research interests from academia and industry. In this paper, a nonlinear constitutive model with two parallel networks is developed to describe the mechanical response of uncured rubber. The constitutive model is incorporated with the Eying model to describe the hysteresis phenomenon and viscous flow criterion, and the hyperelastic properties under large deformation are captured by a non-Gaussian chain molecular network model. Based on the model, the mechanical behaviors of hyperelasticity, viscoelasticity and hysteresis under different strain rates are investigated. Furthermore, the constitutive model is employed to estimate uniaxial tensile, cyclic loading–unloading and multistep tensile relaxation mechanical behaviors of uncured rubber, and the prediction results show good agreement with the test data. The nonlinear mechanical constitutive model provides an efficient method for predicting the mechanical response of uncured rubber materials.


Author(s):  
Xinjun Feng ◽  
Fangfang Zhang ◽  
Lixia Guo ◽  
Ling Zhong

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Cheng ◽  
Keqin Yan ◽  
Huazhi Zhang ◽  
Xianfeng Luo ◽  
Shengfang Li

The nonlinear constitutive relations of clay are investigated considering different initial conditions. Highly compressible clay is selected as the test sample. Two groups of tri-axial compression tests are performed, respectively, afterK0consolidation and isotropic consolidation. On the basis of the framework ofE~vmodel, a uniform nonlinear constitutive model is proposed by fitting the test data. With the average slope of the unloading-reloading curve selected as the unloading modulus, the unloading function is constructed as the loading-unloading criterion. Moreover, a comparison between the experimental stress-strain curves and the results predicted by the constitutive model is made. It is shown that the prediction is reasonable, which can reflect the stress-strain behavior of the soil under theK0consolidation and isotropic consolidation conditions. The maximum relative error of the two series of curves is not remarkable, less than 6%.


2007 ◽  
Vol 353-358 ◽  
pp. 1513-1516
Author(s):  
Rong Feng Liu ◽  
Byeung Gun Nam ◽  
Katsuhiko Watanabe

An electrical nonlinear constitutive model for piezoelectric material is studied in this paper. Electric yielding criterion and yielding effect on CED are investigated. Using the mechanical part of CED as a fracture parameter, it is shown that the predicted fracture loads through FEA for compact tension specimen is in accordance with corresponding experimental results.


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