A multiscale model for fracturing solids
Paper in proceeding, 2017

Fracturing solids can be studied by means of computational homogenization, whereby simulations are performed on Statistical Volume Elements (SVEs). However, pathological SVE size dependence and macroscale mesh size dependence of the effective simulated response are two major difficulties. These difficulties have been successfully addressed in the literature, but existing schemes generally require explicit identification and tracking of a dominating microscale localization zone. To circumvent the need to track the microscale localization zone, we propose and validate a scheme where the macroscopic localized zone is approximated as a strong discontinuity by means of XFEM.

Author

Erik Svenning

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Material and Computational Mechanics

Fredrik Larsson

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Material and Computational Mechanics

Martin Fagerström

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Material and Computational Mechanics

Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure of Materials and Structures

Subject Categories

Mechanical Engineering

Applied Mechanics

Infrastructure

C3SE (Chalmers Centre for Computational Science and Engineering)

Areas of Advance

Materials Science

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Created

12/22/2017