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Crushing simulation using an energy-based damage model

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A constitutive damage model is proposed in order to investigate the crushing response of \(0^{\circ }\) plies composite laminates, using a VUMAT subroutine implemented in ABAQUS/Explicit. This damage model predicts five failure mechanisms commonly observed in unidirectional carbon fibre-reinforced composite structures: fibre failure in tension, fibre failure in compression, matrix cracking in tension, matrix cracking in compression and in-plane shear failure. Its formulation is based on an energy framework which combines stress-based fracture mechanics and damage mechanics approaches within a unified way, enabling the prediction of the five failure mechanisms aforementioned in terms of damage initiation and damage propagation. In this work, a new strategy is also implemented to remove fully damage elements in order to ensure numerical stability and avoid element distortion problems. An experimental test campaign is proposed for verification of the numerical models. Preliminary results have shown a fairly good correlation between numerical predictions and experimental results for wedge-shaped tip composite laminates.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support received for this work from CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level—or Education—Personnel, Finance Code 001), CNPq (National Research Council) Grant 301053/2016-2 and FINEP/CHAPTER II, Grant 0109020700.

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    Sérgio Augusto Capasciutti de Oliveira, Maurício Vicente Donadon & Mariano Andrés Arbelo

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de Oliveira, S.A.C., Donadon, M.V. & Arbelo, M.A. Crushing simulation using an energy-based damage model. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 42, 296 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-020-02383-6

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