Energy Fluctuations in the Homogenized Hyper-Elastic Particulate Composites with Stochastic Interface Defects

Damian Sokołowski, Marcin Kamiński and Artur Wirowski
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Damian Sokołowski: Department of Structural Mechanics, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Łódź, Poland
Marcin Kamiński: Department of Structural Mechanics, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Łódź, Poland
Artur Wirowski: Department of Structural Mechanics, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Łódź, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-16

Abstract: The principle aim of this study is to analyze deformation energy of hyper-elastic particulate composites, which is the basis for their further probabilistic homogenization. These composites have some uncertain interface defects, which are modelled as small semi-spheres with random radius and with bases positioned on the particle-matrix interface. These defects are smeared into thin layer of the interphase surrounding the reinforcing particle introduced as the third component of this composite. Matrix properties are determined from the experimental tests of Laripur LPR 5020 High Density Polyurethane (HDPU). It is strengthened with the Carbon Black particles of spherical shape. The Arruda–Boyce potential has been selected for numerical experiments as fitting the best stress-strain curves for the matrix behavior. A homogenization procedure is numerically implemented using the cubic Representative Volume Element (RVE). Spherical particle is located centrally, and computations of deformation energy probabilistic characteristics are carried out using the Iterative Stochastic Finite Element Method (ISFEM). This ISFEM is implemented in the algebra system MAPLE 2019 as dual approach based upon the stochastic perturbation method and, independently, upon a classical Monte-Carlo simulation, and uniform uniaxial deformations of this RVE are determined in the system ABAQUS and its 20-noded solid hexahedral finite elements. Computational experiments include initial deterministic numerical error analysis and the basic probabilistic characteristics, i.e., expectations, deviations, skewness and kurtosis of the deformation energy. They are performed for various expected values of the defects volume fraction. We analyze numerically (1) if randomness of homogenized deformation energy can correspond to the normal distribution, (2) how variability of the interface defects volume fraction affects the deterministic and stochastic characteristics of composite deformation energy and (3) whether the stochastic perturbation method is efficient in deformation energy computations (and in FEM analysis) of hyper-elastic media.

Keywords: hyper-elasticity; particulate composite; multi-scale homogenization technique; deformation energy; interface defects; Stochastic Finite Element Method; Monte-Carlo simulation; stochastic perturbation method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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