Efficient thermomechanically coupled FE‐FFT‐based multiscale simulation of polycrystals

Abstract

In general, the overall macroscopic material behavior of any structural component is directly dependent on its underlying microstructure. For metal components, the associated microstructure is given in terms of a polycrystal. To enable the simulation of the related microstructural and overall elasto‐viscoplastic material behavior, a two‐scale simulation approach can be used. In this context, we use a FE‐FFT‐based two‐scale method, which is an efficient alternative to the classical FE2 method for the simulation of periodic microstructures. In addition, we consider a thermomechanically coupled framework to account for both thermal and mechanical loads. Finally, we incorporate a model order reduction technique based on a coarsely discretized microstructure to develop an efficient two‐scale simulation technique. As a demonstration of the feasibility of the proposed simulation framework, a numerical example will be investigated.