scholarly journals Rate-Dependent Cohesive Zone Model for Fracture Simulation of Soda-Lime Glass Plate

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Li ◽  
Demin Wei
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Cohesive Zone ◽  
Cohesive Zone Model ◽  
Glass Plate ◽  
Soda Lime ◽  
Soda Lime Glass ◽  
Zone Model ◽  
Rate Dependent ◽  
Fracture Simulation ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, rate-dependent cohesive zone model was established to numerical simulate the fracture process of soda-lime glass under impact loading. Soda-lime glass is widely used in architecture and automobile industry due to its transparency. To improve the accuracy of fracture simulation of soda-lime glass under impact loading, strain rate effect was taken into consideration and a rate-dependent cohesive zone model was established. Tensile-shear mixed mode fracture was also taken account. The rate-dependent cohesive zone model was implemented in the commercial finite element code ABAQUS/Explicit with the user subroutine VUMAT. The fracture behavior of a monolithic glass plate impacted by a hemispherical impactor was simulated. The simulation results demonstrated that the rate-dependent cohesive zone model is more suitable to describe the impact failure characteristics of a monolithic glass plate, compared to cohesive zone model without consideration of strain rate. Moreover, the effect of the strain rate sensitivity coefficient C, the mesh size of glass plate and the impact velocity on the fracture characteristics were studied.

scholarly journals Meso-scale fracture simulation using an augmented Lagrangian approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás A Labanda ◽  
Sebastián M Giusti ◽  
Bibiana M Luccioni
Keyword(s):  
Cohesive Zone ◽  
Augmented Lagrangian ◽  
Cohesive Zone Model ◽  
Fracture Mechanisms ◽  
Zone Model ◽  
Interface Elements ◽  
Field Problem ◽  
Double Inequality ◽  
Fracture Simulation ◽  
Meso Scale

A cohesive zone model implemented in an augmented Lagrangian functional is used for simulation of meso-scale fracture problems in this paper. The method originally developed by Lorentz is first presented in a rigorous variational framework. The equivalence between the stationary point of the one-field problem and the saddle point of the mixed formulation is proved by solving the double inequality of the mixed functional. An adaptation to simulate fracture phenomena in the meso-scale via mesh modification is also presented as an algorithm to insert zero-thickness interface elements based on Lagrange multipliers, boarding the non-trivial task of the field interpolation for different crack paths (plain and tortuous). A suitable tool to study the matrix fracture and debonding phenomena in composites with strongly different component stiffnesses that avoids ill-conditioning matrices associated with intrinsic cohesive zone models is obtained. The method stability is discussed using a simple patch test. Some numerical applications to fracture problems taking into account the mesostructure and, particularly, the study of transverse failure of longitudinal fiber reinforced epoxy and the fracture in concrete specimens are included in the paper. Comparing the numerical results with the experimental results obtained by other researchers, the paper introduces a discussion about the influence of coarse aggregate volume in meso-scale fracture mechanisms in concrete L-shaped specimens.

Cohesive Zone Model for Crack Propagation in a Viscoplastic Polycrystal Material at Elevated Temperature

2006 ◽  
Vol 306-308 ◽  
pp. 187-192
Author(s):  
Yan Qing Wu ◽  
Hui Ji Shi
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Cohesive Zone ◽  
Cohesive Zone Model ◽  
Matrix Material ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Zone Model ◽  
Dissipation Energy ◽  
Plastic Dissipation

This study looks at the crack propagation characteristics based on the cohesive zone model (CZM), which is implemented as a user defined element within FE system ABAQUS. A planar crystal model is applied to the polycrystalline material at elevated temperature in which grain boundary regions are included. From the point of energy, interactions between the cohesive fracture process zones and matrix material are studied. It’s shown that the material parameter such as strain rate sensitivity of grain interior and grain boundary strongly influences the plastic and cohesive energy dissipation mechanisms. The higher the strain rate sensitivity is, the larger amount of the external work will be transformed into plastic dissipation energy than into cohesive energy which could delay the rupturing of cohesive zone. By comparisons, when strain rate sensitivity decreases, plastic dissipation energy is reduced and the cohesive dissipation energy increases. In this case, the cohesive zones fracture more quickly. In addition to the matrix material parameter, influence of cohesive strength and critical displacement in CZM on stress triaxiality at grain interior and grain boundary regions are also investigated. It’s shown that enhancing cohesive zones ductility could improve matrix materials resistance to void damage.

A Quasi-Static Delamination Model with Rate-Dependent Interface Damage Exposed to Cyclic Loading

2018 ◽  
Vol 774 ◽  
pp. 84-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Vodička ◽  
Katarína Krajníková
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Cohesive Zone ◽  
Cyclic Load ◽  
Cohesive Zone Model ◽  
Zone Model ◽  
Interface Damage ◽  
Domain Structures ◽  
Rate Dependent ◽  
Damage Process

A model for numerical analysis of interface damage which leads to interface crack initiationand propagation in multi-domain structures under cyclic loading is considered. Modelling of damagetakes into account various relations between interface stresses and displacement gaps providing theresponse of a cohesive zone model, additionally equipped by a kind of viscosity associated to theevolution of the interface damage. Together with repeating loading-unloading conditions, it makesthis damage process to have a fatigue-like character, where the crack appears for smaller magnitudeof the cyclic load than for pure uploading.

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