AN ALGORITHM TO GENERATE MICRO MECHANICAL MODELS COMPOSED BY CIRCULAR INCLUSIONS

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Miranda, HD (Autor) Outra; F.M. Andrade Pires (Autor) FEUP; António Torres Marques (Autor) FEUP

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014

Páginas: 700-709

Joint 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, the 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and the 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014

20 July 2014 through 25 July 2014

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ID Authenticus: P-00G-1BR

Abstract (EN): An algorithm to generate random representative volume elements (RVE) of the microstructure of materials with a large number of circular inclusions of constant diameter is described. The type of problem that the algorithm addresses belongs to the class of sphere packing problems, with important industrial and academic applications. In fact, statistical mechanics of hard-sphere systems has generated considerable interest by the scientific community from Boltzman (1898) [20] to the Bernal (1959)[2] works on the model of the structure of liquids using random close packing (RCP), and many researchers have contributed to this subject. In this work, the general propose algorithm developed is able to generate models that define the internal structure of unidirectional fiber reinforced composites and other materials, but can also be used for other types of applications. The proposed algorithm has a linear complexity and it is based on a new and innovative geometric concept to distribute the inclusions. The computational efficiency of this algorithm was compared with the efficiency of other existing algorithm ([18]) revealing the advantages of the method. The generated models have been combined with finite element analysis of materials subjected to periodic boundary conditions and showed transversal isotropy of the material and good agreement with experimental results.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 10