An intuitive computational multi-scale methodology and tool for the dynamic modelling of viscoelastic composites and structures

Hachemi, M.; Koutsawa, Yao; Nasser, Houssein; Giunta, Gaetano; Daouadji, Ali; Daya, El Mostafa; Belouettar, Salim

doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.02.032

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“…Various plug-ins have been developed for solving problems in micromechanics [24][25][26], viscoelasticity [27], damage [28], and fatigue [29] analyses. However, to the best of the authors' knowledge, no such tools exist for the simulation of delamination tests.…”

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An Open-Source ABAQUS Plug-In for Delamination Analysis of 3D Printed Composites

2023

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This article presents the development and implementation of the Delamination Plug-in, an open-source tool for modeling delamination tests in the ABAQUS software. Specifically designed for stochastic modeling of 3D printed composites, the plug-in combines the benefits of the graphical user interface (GUI) and the programming of commercial finite element (FE) software. The Delamination Plug-in offers an effortless alternative to the time-consuming analytical modeling and GUI work involved in delamination tests and includes algorithms for several tests, such as the double cantilever beam, end-loaded split, end-notched flexure, and modified end-loaded split tests, solved using the virtual crack closure technique and the cohesive zone method. It enables the user to develop simulations for both simple symmetric laminates and generally layered laminates with additional thermal stresses. The applicability of the tool is demonstrated through its use in two distinct delamination problems, one for conventional and one for 3D printed composite laminates, and its results are compared to analytical models and experimental data from the open literature. The results demonstrate that the Delamination Plug-in is efficient and applicable for such materials. This establishes the tool as an important means of automating delamination analysis and for the development and testing of 3D printed composites, making it a valuable tool for both researchers and industry professionals.

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An Open-Source ABAQUS Plug-In for Delamination Analysis of 3D Printed Composites

2023

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“…To reduce vibrations, thus avoiding their detrimental effects, one of the most effective ways is to incorporate viscoelastic materials. The latter are generally used in various forms, ranging from simple viscoelastic sandwich structures [1,2] to more complex composite structures (honeycombs [3,4], viscoelastic inclusions embedded in an elastic matrix [5,6], etc.). Moreover, viscoelastic materials are lightweight and, as such, they contribute to weight reduction for the structures in which they are used.…”

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Influence of geometric and material parameters on the damping properties of multilayer structures

Kpeky

Akoussan

Abed‐Meraim

et al. 2018

Composite Structures

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In this paper, we investigate the influence of deviations in the design and implementation parameters on the damping properties of multilayer viscoelastic structures. This work is based on a numerical approach, which uses recently developed solid-shell elements that have been specifically designed for the modeling of multilayer structures. The originality in the current study lies in the analysis of variation in the design parameters, which could be of geometric or material type. Indeed, although several models have been proposed to study variability, they remain mostly complex to implement. Our approach is rather simple, and is based on the uncertainty on the actual values of several parameters in some welldefined intervals. The developed method is applied to the vibration modeling of multilayer structures, with elastic faces and viscoelastic core material. The resulting problem is discretized by using quadratic solid-shell finite elements. To solve the associated nonlinear equations, we adopt the method that couples the homotopy technique to the Asymptotic Numerical Method (ANM) as well as the Automatic Differentiation (AD) and path continuation. The obtained results provide useful information on the error tolerance margin that could be allowed without compromising structural integrity.

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“…Thus, in order to directly simulate the structural responses of architected SMA, more appropriate numerical methods should be used. During the past few decades, multiscale modeling approaches have been developed and widely used (Kanoute et al [ 29 ]; Geers et al [ 30 ]; El Hachemi et al [ 31 ]; Kinvi-Dossou et al [ 32 ]). As one of the most popular and effective multiscale methods, the multilevel finite element method (FE

, see Feyel [ 33 ]) to describe the response of high nonlinear structures using generalized continua shows good performance in various applications, such as fiber buckling (Nezamabadi et al [ 34 ]), composite shells (Cong et al [ 35 ]), rate-dependent response (Tikarrouchine et al [ 36 ]) and SMA-based fiber/matrix composites (Kohlhaas and Klinkel [ 37 ]; Chatzigeorgiou et al [ 38 ]; Xu et al [ 39 ]).…”

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A Multiscale Analysis on the Superelasticity Behavior of Architected Shape Memory Alloy Materials

Bouby

Zahrouni

et al. 2018

Materials

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In this paper, the superelasticity effects of architected shape memory alloys (SMAs) are focused on by using a multiscale approach. Firstly, a parametric analysis at the cellular level with a series of representative volume elements (RVEs) is carried out to predict the relations between the void fraction, the total stiffness, the hysteresis effect and the mass of the SMAs. The superelasticity effects of the architected SMAs are modeled by the thermomechanical constitutive model proposed by Chemisky et al. 2011. Secondly, the structural responses of the architected SMAs are studied by the multilevel finite element method (FE2), which uses the effective constitutive behavior of the RVE to represent the behavior of the macroscopic structure. This approach can truly couple the responses of both the RVE level and structural level by the real-time information interactions between two levels. Through a three point bending test, it is observed that the structure inherits the strong nonlinear responses—both the hysteresis effect and the superelasticity—of the architected SMAs at the cellular level. Furthermore, the influence of the void fraction at the RVE level to the materials’ structural responses can be more specifically and directly described, instead of using an RVE to predict at the microscopic level. Thus, this work could be referred to for optimizing the stiffness, the hysteresis effect and the mass of architected SMA structures and extended for possible advanced applications.

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An intuitive computational multi-scale methodology and tool for the dynamic modelling of viscoelastic composites and structures

Cited by 16 publications

References 21 publications

An Open-Source ABAQUS Plug-In for Delamination Analysis of 3D Printed Composites

An Open-Source ABAQUS Plug-In for Delamination Analysis of 3D Printed Composites

Influence of geometric and material parameters on the damping properties of multilayer structures

A Multiscale Analysis on the Superelasticity Behavior of Architected Shape Memory Alloy Materials

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