Fatigue modeling of materials with complex microstructures

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    Abstract

    A new approach and method of the analysis of microstructure-lifetime relationships of materials with complex structures is presented. The micromechanical multiscale computational analysis of damage evolution in materials with complex hierarchical microstructures is combined with the phenomenological model of fatigue damage growth. As a result, the fatigue lifetime of materials with complex structures can be determined as a function of the parameters of their structures. As an example, the fatigue lifetimes of wood modeled as a cellular material with multilayered, fiber reinforced walls were determined for different parameters of wood microstructures. In so doing, 3D hierarchical finite element models of softwood, and a computational technique, including the repeating restart and model change procedures, have been employed to model the fatigue response of latewood.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalComputational Materials Science
    Volume50
    Issue number5
    Pages (from-to)1644-1650
    ISSN0927-0256
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

    Keywords

    • Light strong materials for energy purposes

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