A semi-concurrent multiscale approach for modeling damage in nanocomposites

Mohammad Silani, Saeed Ziaei-Rad, Hossein Talebi, Timon Rabczuk

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    Abstract

    The paper presents an effective implementation of a semi-concurrent multiscale method in the commercial finite element software package ABAQUS. The method is applied to the pre-localized damage initiation and propagation in the fully exfoliated clay/epoxy nanocomposite. The obtained results of the proposed method is also compared with the hierarchical multiscale approach. This method can be easily used to get a better understanding of damage mechanism in the nanocomposite materials in order to improve the constitutive models and to support the future design of those materials.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)30-38
    Number of pages9
    JournalTheoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
    Volume74
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

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    © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

    Keywords

    • Damage mechanics
    • Finite element analysis (FEA)
    • Nanocomposites
    • Semi-concurrent multiscale methods

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Applied Mathematics

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