scholarly journals A continuum damage mechanics model for fatigue and degradation of fiber reinforced materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (21) ◽  
pp. 2837-2852
Author(s):  
Jörg Hohe ◽  
Monika Gall ◽  
Sascha Fliegener ◽  
Zalikha Murni Abdul Hamid

Objective of the present study is the definition of a continuum damage mechanics material model describing the degradation of fiber reinforced materials under fatigue loads up to final failure. Based on the linear elastic framework, a brittle damage model for fatigue conditions is derived, where the damage constitutes the only nonlinearity. The model accounts for damage effects by successive degradation of the elastic moduli. Assuming that material damage is driven by microplastic work, a stress-driven damage evolution equation is defined. For generality, a fully three-dimensional formulation on single ply level is employed. The model is implemented into a finite element program. In a validation against experimental data on filament-wound carbon fiber reinforced material, the model proves to provide a good numerical approximation of the damage during the cyclic loading history up to final material failure.

2012 ◽  
Vol 498 ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Benbelaid ◽  
B. Bezzazi ◽  
A. Bezazi

This paper considers damage development mechanisms in cross-ply laminates using an accurate numerical model. Under static three points bending, two modes of damage progression in cross-ply laminates are predominated: transverse cracking and delamination. However, this second mode of damage is not accounted in our numerical model. After a general review of experimental approaches of observed behavior of laminates, the focus is laid on predicting laminate behavior based on continuum damage mechanics. In this study, a continuum damage model based on ply failure criteria is presented, which is initially proposed by Ladevèze. To reveal the effect of different stacking sequence of the laminate; such as thickness and the interior or exterior disposition of the 0° and 90° oriented layers in the laminate, an equivalent damage accumulation which cover all ply failure mechanisms has been predicted. However, the solution algorithm using finite element analysis which implements progressive failure analysis is summarized. The results of the numerical computation have been justified by the previous published experimental observations of the authors.


2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ganjiani

In this paper, an elastoplastic-damage constitutive model is presented. The formulation is cast within the framework of continuum damage mechanics (CDM) by means of the internal variable theory of thermodynamics. The damage is assumed as a tensor type variable and its evolution is developed based on the energy equivalence hypothesis. In order to discriminate the plastic and damage deformation, two surfaces named as plastic and damage are introduced. The damage surface has been developed so that it can model the nonlinear variation of damage. The details of the model besides its implicit integration algorithm are presented. The model is implemented as a user-defined subroutine user-defined material (UMAT) in the abaqus/standard finite element program for numerical simulation purposes. In the regard of investigating the capability of model, the shear and tensile tests are experimentally conducted, and corresponding results are compared with those predicted numerically. These comparisons are also accomplished for several experiments available in the literature. Satisfactory agreement between experiments and numerical predictions provided by the model implies the capability of the model to predict the plastic deformation as well as damage evolution in the materials.


1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Chow ◽  
K. Y. Sze

A recently developed anisotropic model of continuum damage mechanics has been applied successfully to characterize ductile fracture of cracked plates under mode I and mixed mode failures. The damage model is further extended in this investigation to examine its applicability to include notch ductile fracture of thin plates containing a circular hole. Two hole sizes of 16 mm and 24 mm diameters are chosen and the specimen material is aluminum alloy 2024-T3. Fracture loads of the plates are predicted by the damage model and compared satisfactorily with those determined experimentally. This investigation provides an important confirmation that not only the anisotropic model of continuum damage mechanics but also the same failure criterion developed can be effectively employed to characterize both ductile fracture for plates containing an isolated macro-crack or circular hole which would otherwise not be possible using the conventional theory of fracture mechanics. The successful development of the unified approach to characterize ductile failure provides a vital impetus for design engineers in the general application of the theory of continuum damage mechanics to solve practical engineering problems.


2013 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350038 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. YAZDANI ◽  
A. NAYEBI

Ratcheting and fatigue damage of thin-walled tube under cyclic bending and steady internal pressure is studied. Chaboche's nonlinear kinematic hardening model extended by considering the effect of continuum damage mechanics employed to predict ratcheting. Lemaitre damage model [Lemaitre, J. and Desmorat, R. [2005] Engineering Damage Mechanics (Springer-Verlag, Berlin)] which is appropriate for low cyclic loading is used. Also the evolution features of whole-life ratcheting behavior and low cycle fatigue (LCF) damage of the tube are discussed. A simplified method related to the thin-walled tube under bending and internal pressure is used and compared well with experimental results. Bree's interaction diagram with boundaries between shakedown and ratcheting zone is determined. Whole-life ratcheting of thin-walled tube reduces obviously with increase of internal pressure.


2011 ◽  
Vol 194-196 ◽  
pp. 919-923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Fang Pan ◽  
Yun Feng Qiao ◽  
Cheng Shuai Sun ◽  
Xue Bing Liu

To propose the damage model of concrete in the freezing-thawing cycles, the reasonable dissipation function and micro plastic deformation expression have been determined based on the continuum damage mechanics. The damage variable is expressed as a function of the number of freezing-thawing cycle. The damage is defined in terms of the loss of the dynamic elastic modules and the damage model of the concrete in the freezing-thawing cycles has been presented.


2013 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 176-181
Author(s):  
Yong Chen ◽  
Bao Jun Pang ◽  
Wei Zheng

In order to establish an elastic damage model for S2-glass/epoxy composite and identify the input parameters, in-plane behaviour of the composite including tensile, compression and tensile shear were investigated through series of tests. Concerning no plasticity, a simple elastic ply damage mechanics model for this composite was characterized based on Continuum Damage Mechanics Model (CDM) and the input parameters were obtained. The model was then implemented into ABAQUS/EXPLICT and the results show the model can capture most of the in-plane behaviour of the composite material.


2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-166
Author(s):  
Wenxuan Qi ◽  
Weixing Yao ◽  
Haojie Shen

A multidirectional damage model based on continuum damage mechanics for fiber-reinforced composite laminates is proposed in this paper. The influence of three main damage mechanisms, including transverse matrix cracking, local delamination, and fiber breakage, on the multidirectional stiffness properties of composite laminates is analyzed by introducing macro phenomenological damage variables. Then the mechanical behavior of elementary ply in laminates is modeled based on these damage variables. Besides, relations between micro-level damage variables and macro-level damage variables are established. Damage evolution laws of the three damage mechanisms are proposed to predict the degradation of multidirectional stiffness and failure strength of composite laminates under quasi-static loading. The experiment of cross-ply glass fiber-reinforced plastic laminates is carried out, and the prediction results show good agreement with the experimental results.


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