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Phase field modelling of brittle fracture for enhanced assumed strain shells at large deformations: formulation and finite element implementation

Reinoso, José and Paggi, Marco and Linder, Christian Phase field modelling of brittle fracture for enhanced assumed strain shells at large deformations: formulation and finite element implementation. Computational Mechanics, 59. pp. 981-1001. ISSN 0178-7675 (2017)

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Abstract

Fracture of technological thin-walled components can notably limit the performance of their corresponding engineering systems. With the aim of achieving reliable fracture predictions of thin structures, this work presents a new phase field model of brittle fracture for large deformation analysis of shells relying on a mixed enhanced assumed strain (EAS) formulation. The kinematic description of the shell body is constructed according to the solid shell concept. This enables the use of fully three-dimensional constitutive models for the material. The proposed phase field formulation integrates the use of the (EAS) method to alleviate locking pathologies, especially Poisson thickness and volumetric locking. This technique is further combined with the assumed natural strain method to efficiently derive a locking-free solid shell element. On the computational side, a fully coupled monolithic framework is consistently formulated. Specific details regarding the corresponding finite element formulation and the main aspects associated with its implementation in the general purpose packages FEAP and ABAQUS are addressed. Finally, the applicability of the current strategy is demonstrated through several numerical examples involving different loading conditions, and including linear and nonlinear hyperelastic constitutive models.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: 10.1007/s00466-017-1386-3
Projects: ERC Starting Grant CA2PVM (GA 306622)
Funders: European Research Council
Uncontrolled Keywords: Shells; Fracture mechanics; Phase field fracture; Finite elements; Mixed formulation
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Research Area: Computer Science and Applications
Depositing User: Prof Marco Paggi
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2017 08:00
Last Modified: 26 Sep 2017 08:00
URI: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/3797

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