scholarly journals Sensitivity Analysis for Iceberg Geometry Shape in Ship-Iceberg Collision in View of Different Material Models

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Gao ◽  
Zhiqiang Hu ◽  
Jin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Impact Force ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Shape Effect ◽  
Collision Process ◽  
Material Models ◽  
Local Shape ◽  
Simulation Process ◽  
Small Influence ◽  
Arctic Area

The increasing marine activities in Arctic area have brought growing interest in ship-iceberg collision study. The purpose of this paper is to study the iceberg geometry shape effect on the collision process. In order to estimate the sensitivity parameter, five different geometry iceberg models and two iceberg material models are adopted in the analysis. The FEM numerical simulation is used to predict the scenario and the related responses. The simulation results including energy dissipation and impact force are investigated and compared. It is shown that the collision process and energy dissipation are more sensitive to iceberg local shape than other factors when the elastic-plastic iceberg material model is applied. The blunt iceberg models act rigidly while the sharp ones crush easily during the simulation process. With respect to the crushable foam iceberg material model, the iceberg geometry has relatively small influence on the collision process. The spherical iceberg model shows the most rigidity for both iceberg material models and should be paid the most attention for ice-resist design for ships.

A Temperature-Gradient-Dependent Elastic-Plastic Material Model of Iceberg and its Application on the Simulation of FPSO-Iceberg Collision

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chu Shi ◽  
Yu Luo ◽  
Zhiqiang Hu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Yield Surface ◽  
Plastic Material ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Temperature Profiles ◽  
Collision Process ◽  
Influence Of Temperature ◽  
Elastic Plastic Material

An accurate constitutive material model of iceberg ice is important for the finite element simulation of ship-iceberg collision process. A temperature-gradient-dependent elastic-plastic material model of iceberg ice, proposed by the authors in reference [5], is adopted in this paper. The model behaves linear elastic before reaching the ‘Tsai-Wu’-type yield surface, which are a series of concentric elliptical curves with different sizes. Increasing temperature leads to small curves which means the strength of iceberg is weak. Upon reaching yield surface, the iceberg model response is perfectly plastic. A failure criteria based on accumulated plastic strain and hydrostatic pressure is adopted. In order to reflect the change of temperature with depth of iceberg, three typical types of iceberg temperature profiles are assumed in the model. According to these profiles, iceberg ice element located at different depth has different temperature. Therefore, mechanical property of iceberg differs along depth. The iceberg model is implemented as a user-defined subroutine in the commercial explicit finite element code LS-DYNA. Collisions between FPSO side and iceberg are simulated. Four typical shapes of iceberg (sphere, prism, cone and cube) with three temperature profiles are applied. Also, different temperature ranges are assumed in each simulation case. The influence of temperature profile, temperature range and iceberg shape on relative strength between iceberg and side structure are analyzed. The energy dissipation ratio of side structure and iceberg in collision process is examined. Moreover, energy dissipation of the component structures of FPSO side is analyzed. The simulation results show that the iceberg model can be used to demonstrate the influence of temperature on collision process between FPSO-iceberg.

scholarly journals Variation of Passive Biomechanical Properties of the Small Intestine along Its Length: Microstructure-Based Characterization

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Dimitrios P. Sokolis
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Orientation Angle ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Biomechanical Properties ◽  
Intestinal Wall ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Material Models ◽  
Hyper Elastic ◽  
Rat Tissue

Multiaxial testing of the small intestinal wall is critical for understanding its biomechanical properties and defining material models, but limited data and material models are available. The aim of the present study was to develop a microstructure-based material model for the small intestine and test whether there was a significant variation in the passive biomechanical properties along the length of the organ. Rat tissue was cut into eight segments that underwent inflation/extension testing, and their nonlinearly hyper-elastic and anisotropic response was characterized by a fiber-reinforced model. Extensive parametric analysis showed a non-significant contribution to the model of the isotropic matrix and circumferential-fiber family, leading also to severe over-parameterization. Such issues were not apparent with the reduced neo-Hookean and (axial and diagonal)-fiber family model, that provided equally accurate fitting results. Absence from the model of either the axial or diagonal-fiber families led to ill representations of the force- and pressure-diameter data, respectively. The primary direction of anisotropy, designated by the estimated orientation angle of diagonal-fiber families, was about 35° to the axial direction, corroborating prior microscopic observations of submucosal collagen-fiber orientation. The estimated model parameters varied across and within the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, corroborating histologically assessed segmental differences in layer thicknesses.

scholarly journals On the recovery of the stress-free configuration of the human cornea

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-33
Author(s):  
Anna Pandolfi ◽  
Andrea Montanino
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Inverse Analysis ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Free State ◽  
Human Cornea ◽  
Material Models ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
Optimal Values ◽  
Stress Free State ◽  
Actual Stress

Purpose: The geometries used to conduct numerical simulations of the biomechanics of the human cornea are reconstructed from images of the physiological configuration of the system, which is not in a stress-free state because of the interaction with the surrounding tissues. If the goal of the simulation is a realistic estimation of the mechanical engagement of the system, it is mandatory to obtain a stress-free configuration to which the external actions can be applied. Methods: Starting from a unique physiological image, the search of the stress-free configuration must be based on methods of inverse analysis. Inverse analysis assumes the knowledge of one or more geometrical configurations and, chosen a material model, obtains the optimal values of the material parameters that provide the numerical configurations closest to the physiological images. Given the multiplicity of available material models, the solution is not unique. Results: Three exemplary material models are used in this study to demonstrate that the obtained, non-unique, stress-free configuration is indeed strongly dependent on both material model and on material parameters. Conclusion: The likeliness of recovering the actual stress-free configuration of the human cornea can be improved by using and comparing two or more imaged configurations of the same cornea.

scholarly journals Material Models to Study the Effect of Fines in Sandy Soils Based on Experimental and Numerical Results

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 651-680
Author(s):  
Ammar Alnmr
Keyword(s):  
Research Laboratory ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Soft Materials ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Material Models ◽  
Soil Material ◽  
Soil Model

Choosing and calibrating a robust and accurate soil material model (constitutive model) is the first important step in geotechnical numerical modelling. A less accurate model leads to poor results and more difficulty estimating true behaviour in the field. Subsequent design work is compromised and may lead to dangerous and costly mistakes. In this research, laboratory experimental results were used as a basis to evaluate several soil material models offered in Plaxis2D software. The deciding feature of the soil model was how well it could represent effects of percentage of fine material within sandy soils to simulate its behaviour. Results indicate that the Hardening Soil (HS) model works well when the percentage of fine (soft) materials is less than 10%. Above that level, the Soft Soil model (SS) becomes the most suitable.  Finally, some important conclusions about this research and recommendations for future research are highlighted.

Iceberg Shape Sensitivity in Ship Impact Assessment in View of Existing Material Models

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Storheim ◽  
Ekaterina Kim ◽  
Jørgen Amdahl ◽  
Sören Ehlers
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Models ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Material Model ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Structural Deformation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Material Models ◽  
The Arctic Region

Large natural resources in the Arctic region will in the coming years require significant shipping activity within and through the Arctic region. When operating in Arctic open water, there is a significant risk of high-energy encounters with smaller ice masses like bergy bits and growlers. Consequently, there is a need to assess the structural response to high energy encounters in ice-infested waters. Experimental data of high energy ice impact are scarce, and numerical models could be used as a tool to provide insight into the possible physical processes and to their structural implications. This paper focuses on impact with small icebergs and bergy bits. In order to rely on the numerical results, it is necessary to have a good understanding of the physical parameters describing the iceberg interaction. Icebergs are in general inhomogeneous with properties dependent among other on temperature, grain size, strain rate, shape and imperfections. Ice crushing is a complicated process involving fracture, melting, high confinement and high pressures. This necessitates significant simplifications in the material modeling. For engineering purposes a representative load model is applied rather than a physically correct ice material model. The local shape dependency of iceberg interaction is investigated by existing representative load material models. For blunt objects and moderate deformations the models agree well, and show a similar range of energy vs. hull deformation. For sharper objects the material models disagree quite strongly. The material model from Liu et.al (2011) crush the ice easily, whereas the models from Gagnon (2007) and Gagnon (2011) both penetrate the hull. From a physical perspective, a sharp ice edge should crush initially until sufficient force is mobilized to deform the vessel hull. Which ice features that will crush or penetrate is important to know in order to efficiently design against iceberg impact. Further work is needed to assess the energy dissipation in ice during crushing, especially for sharp features. This will enable the material models to be calibrated towards an energy criterion, and yield more coherent results. At the moment it is difficult to conclude if any of the ice models behave in a physically acceptable manner based on the structural deformation. Consequently, it is premature to conclude in a design situation as to which local ice shapes are important to design against.

Asymmetric Yield Locus Evolution for HCP Materials: A Continuum Constitutive Modeling Approach

2013 ◽  
Vol 554-557 ◽  
pp. 1184-1188
Author(s):  
Dariush Ghaffari Tari ◽  
Michael J. Worswick ◽  
Usman Ali
Keyword(s):  
Constitutive Modeling ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Anisotropic Hardening ◽  
Material Models ◽  
Compression Behavior ◽  
Modified Model ◽  
Hcp Materials ◽  
Asymmetry Parameters ◽  
Deviatoric Stress Tensor ◽  
Hexagonal Closed Packed

A continuum-based plasticity approach is considered to model the anisotropic hardening response of hexagonal closed packed (hcp) materials. A Cazacu-Plunkett-Barlat (CPB06) yield surface is modified to create anisotropic hardening in terms of the accumulated plastic strain. The anisotropy and asymmetry parameters are replaced with saturation-type functions and the new modified model is then optimized globally to fit the material response. Furthermore, the effect of the number of linear stress transformations performed on the deviatoric stress tensor is investigated on the capability of the model to capture the response from the experiments. By increasing the number of stress transformations, more flexibility is obtained. However, increasing the number of stress transformations increases the arithmetic calculations involved in the material model. The proposed approach is an effective and time efficient method to create material models with complex evolving tension/compression behavior.

Numerical Simulation of Small-Scale Explosion in Dry Sand

2013 ◽  
Vol 705 ◽  
pp. 110-114
Author(s):  
Yu Qing Ding ◽  
Wen Hui Tang ◽  
Xian Wen Ran ◽  
Xin Xu
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Test Data ◽  
Detonation Product ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Material Models ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Dry Sand ◽  
Sand Material

Numerical simulation of small-scale explosion in dry sand using two sand material models including the Sand model and the LA model were carried out in the present study. Three cases were considered which the depths of burial (DOB) of the explosive C4 charge were 0, 30 mm and 80 mm, respectively. The time arrival of the blast-wave front and the maximum overpressure of fixed measuring locations were studied using a two dimensional axisymmetric model in hydrocode ANSYS/AUTODYN. Furthermore, the crater diameters and the heights of detonation product cloud respect to the time were also studied by comparing with the test data. The simulation results indicate that the both sand material models were hardly predict the test data exactly which proves that the sand properties and the material model should be more carefully studied and defined.

Development of a Biofidelic Material Model for Brain Tissue

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Kulathu ◽  
David L. Littlefield
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tissue ◽  
Grey Matter ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Constitutive Models ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Material Models ◽  
Computational Mesh ◽  
Injury Mechanisms ◽  
The Brain

Computational simulations of brain injury mechanisms have advanced to a level of sophistication where in addition to capturing different anatomic regions, the computational mesh is capable of distinguishing white and grey matter in the brain. Brain tissue is typically modeled as an isotropic, viscoelastic material. Experiments have shown that the mechanical response of brain tissue to an external load varies depending on the location from which the tissue is harvested and also the direction of loading. Some researchers have developed anisotropic constitutive models by appealing to the composite material case wherein cylindrical axon fibers are immersed in a cellular matrix. Though such material models have been developed over a small sample, they have not been applied over the entire brain for simulation purposes.

scholarly journals On a Class of Thermo-Visco-Plastic Constitutive Equations for Semi-Solid Alloys

2008 ◽  
Vol 141-143 ◽  
pp. 653-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Benke ◽  
G. Laschet
Keyword(s):  
A356 Alloy ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Viscoplastic Material ◽  
Micro Structure ◽  
Material Models ◽  
Equiaxed Solidification ◽  
Coherency Temperature ◽  
Yield Functions ◽  
Semi Solid ◽  
Solid Alloys

The behavior of semi-solid alloys is quite different in tension, compression and shear and depends strongly on the morphology of the micro-structure. This article outlines a generalized viscoplastic material model for semi-solid alloys which reflects this complex viscoplastic behavior. From the generalized model a number of well known yield functions and viscoplastic material models for semi-solid and solid materials can be reproduces. The general model is applied to describe the behavior of the semi-solid A356 alloy below the coherency temperature during equiaxed solidification.

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