1. Micromechanically motivated finite-strain phase-field fracture model to investigate damage in crosslinked elastomers
- Author
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Josyula, S. P., Brede, M., Hesebeck, O., Koschek, K., Possart, W., Wulf, A., Zimmer, B., and Diebels, S.
- Subjects
Computer Science - Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science - Abstract
A micromechanically motivated phase-field damage model is proposed to investigate the fracture behaviour in crosslinked polyurethane adhesive. The crosslinked polyurethane adhesive typically show viscoelastic behaviour with geometric nonlinearity. The finite-strain viscoelastic behaviour is modelled using a micromechanical network model considering shorter and longer chain length distribution. The micromechanical viscoelastic network model also consider the softening due to breakage/debonding of the short chains with increase in deformation. The micromechanical model is coupled with the phase-field damage model to investigate the crack initiation and propagation. Critical energy release rate is needed as a material property to solve phase-field equation. The energy release rate is formulated based on the polymer chain network. The numerical investigation is performed using finite element method. The force-displacement curves from the numerical analysis and experiments are compared to validate the proposed material model.
- Published
- 2024