1. Fully integrated multi-scale modelling of damage and time-dependency in thermoplastic-based woven composites.
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Praud, F, Chatzigeorgiou, G, and Meraghni, F
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WOVEN composites , *MULTISCALE modeling , *THERMOPLASTIC composites , *YARN , *UNIT cell , *ANELASTICITY , *VISCOPLASTICITY - Abstract
In this work, a multi-scale model established from the concept of periodic homogenization is utilized to predict the cyclic and time-dependent response of thermoplastic-based woven composites. The macroscopic behaviour of the composite is determined from finite element simulations of the representative unit cell of the periodic microstructure, where the local non-linear constitutive laws of the components are directly integrated, namely, the matrix and the yarns. The thermoplastic matrix is described by a phenomenological multi-mechanisms constitutive model accounting for viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity and ductile damage. For the yarns, a hybrid micromechanical–phenomenological constitutive model accounting for anisotropic damage and anelasticity induced by the presence of a diffuse micro-crack network is utilized. The capabilities of the overall multi-scale model are validated by comparing the numerical predictions with experimental data. Further illustrative examples are also provided, where the composite undergoes time-dependent deformations under uni-axial and non-proportional multi-axial loading paths. The multi-scale model is also employed to analyze the influence of the local deformation processes on the macroscopic response of the composite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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