Homogenization of Heterogeneous, Fibre Structured Materials

Fillep, S., Mergheim, J. and Steinmann, P. (2013) Homogenization of Heterogeneous, Fibre Structured Materials. In: 12th International Conference on Computational Plasticity: Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS, Barcelona, Spain, 3-5 Sept 2013, ISBN 9788494153150

Abstract

This contribution presents a multi-scale homogenization method to model fibre structured materials. On the macroscopic level textiles are characterized by a large area-to-thickness ratio, such that a discretization with shell elements is numerically efficient. The material behavior is strongly influenced by the heterogeneous micro structure. To capture the contact on the micro level, the RVE is explicitly modelled by means of a volumetric micro sample and a shell specific homogenization scheme is applied to transfer the microscopic response to the macro level. Theoretical aspects are discussed and a numerical example for contact behavior of a periodic knitted structure is given.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Additional Information: Computational Plasticity XII: Fundamentals and Applications - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computational Plasticity - Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS 2013, pages 832-842.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Steinmann, Professor Paul
• Authors: Fillep, S., Mergheim, J., and Steinmann, P.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Infrastructure and Environment
• Journal Name: Computational Plasticity XII: Fundamentals and Applications - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computational Plasticity - Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS 2013
• ISBN: 9788494153150

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