A micromechanical composite approach for finite element crashworthiness simulation. Issue 12 (1st December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tolosana, Narciso; Ranz, David; Gracia, Óscar; Cuartero, Jesús; Miravete, Antonio
• Is Part Of: Mechanics of advanced materials and structures. Volume 23:Issue 12(2016)
• Page Start: 1430
• Page End: 1436
• Publication Date: 2016-12-01
• Subjects: Composite materials -- micromechanics -- representative volume element -- simulation -- progressive damage -- failure -- finite element analysis; Composite materials -- Mechanical properties -- Periodicals; Composite construction -- Periodicals; 620.118
• DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2015.1091529
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1537-6494

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The present article deals with micromechanical composite modeling. Both analytical and computational micromechanics approaches are described as well as micromechanical modeling of damage. Based on micromechanics of failure theory, a user subroutine including a progressive damage algorithm is programmed for finite element analysis. Three theory-experiment correlations of tubes under a three-point bending test have been carried out using the bi-phase material model developed along with this project. These studies include three-ply schedules.