Abstract
The analysis of heterogeneous structures containing micromechanical details is an active area of interest in composite materials. The present investigation proposes a novel finite-element approach for studying the viscoelastic creep problem in dual length-scale heterogeneous materials. To illustrate the approach, constituents at the micro-level are assumed to be isotropic single-parameter Kelvin-Voigt viscoelastic solids. Of the various homogenization approaches, because of its inherent advantages, the asymptotic expansion homogenization (AEH) approach is employed to resolve the multi-scale issue. Of key interest is the observation of the so-called dissipative corrector, a direct result of the mathematical derivation of the homogenized constitutive equation. Physically, it is due to the junction of dissimilar dissipative materials at the micro-level but it is required to ensure satisfaction of the equilibrium equations at both length scales. The analytical and computational developments employ existing material properties and constants to determine all relevant homogenized properties. A closed-form solution is employed to verify the present formulations for a degenerated case of a homogeneous viscoelastic material subject to constant creep. Several test cases are also presented to illustrate the observations for a microstructure resembling layered woven fabric composites. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2233-2253 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Composites Science and Technology |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 12-13 |
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| State | Published - Sep 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are very pleased to acknowledge support in part by Battelle/US Army Research Office (ARO) Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, under grant number DAAH04-96-1-0172. Support in part by Dr. Andrew Mark of the IMT Computational Technology Activities and the ARL/MSRC facilities is also gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks are also due to the CIC Directorate and the Materials Division of WMRD at the US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland and the Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC), Minneapolis, Minnesota. Other related support in form of computer grants from the Minnesota Supercomputer Institute (MSI), Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota are also gratefully acknowledged.