3D Gradual Material Degradation Model for Progressive Damage Analyses of Unidirectional Composite Materials

Libin Zhao, Tianliang Qin, Jianyu Zhang and Yuli Chen

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2015, vol. 2015, 1-11

Abstract:

A new 3D constitutive model for progressive damage analyses of unidirectional composite materials is presented, in which several important damage phenomena for the composite materials, such as the interfiber crack orientation, coupling of fiber failure and interfiber failure under longitudinal loads, closure effect for interfiber cracks, and longitudinal compressive behaviors under transversal constraints, have been considered comprehensively. A modified maximum stress failure criterion has been used for the damage onset prediction and a linear damage model has been adopted to establish the evolution rules of different damage. Numerical analyses with the model proposed have been implemented by using the subroutine UMAT in commercial software ABAQUS. Progressive damage analyses and static tensile experiments of a group of double-lap composite bolted joints have been carried out to validate the model proposed. Good agreements between the numerical and experimental results have been obtained.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1155/2015/145629

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