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Original Articles

Boundary condition effects on multiscale analysis of damage localization

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Pages 2373-2397 | Received 29 Oct 2007, Accepted 14 May 2008, Published online: 26 Sep 2008
 

Abstract

The choice of boundary conditions used in multiscale analysis of heterogeneous materials affects the numerical results, including the macroscopic constitutive response, the type and extent of damage taking place at the microscale and the required size of the Representative Volume Element (RVE). We compare the performance of periodic boundary conditions and minimal kinematic boundary conditions applied to the unit cell of a particulate composite material, both in the absence and presence of damage at the particle–matrix interfaces. In particular, we investigate the response of the RVE under inherently non-periodic loading conditions, and the ability of both boundary conditions to capture localization events that are not aligned with the RVE boundaries. We observe that, although there are some variations in the evolution of the microscale damage between the two methods, there is no significant difference in homogenized responses even when localization is not aligned with the cell boundaries.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (CSAR) under contract number B523819 by the US Department of Energy. Karel Matouš would also like to acknowledge support from ATK/Thiokol (ATK-21316), with J. Thompson and Dr I.L. Davis serving as program monitors.

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