Impact Simulation of PA66-GF Composites Using Finite Solid Shell Element

Autor: A. Chaker, Jamel Mars, Alexandre Vivet, Fakhreddine Dammak, Sana Koubaa
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering ISBN: 9783030520700
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52071-7_48
Popis: This study is focusing on the finite element simulation of low velocity impact applied to glass fiber-reinforced composites. Elasto-visco-plasticity is adopted taking into account strain rate effect, with isotropic hardening. To avoid numerical locking, hexahedral solid shell finite element SS is developed. The formulation is based on the mixed Assumed Natural Strain (ANS) and the Enhanced Assumed Strain (EAS) methods. A geometrical non linear condition is applied. The finite element is implemented in UEL subroutine via the commercial software ABAQUS/Standard. The numerical element proved its efficiency comparing to conventional element and previous experimental results in (Mars et al. 2018). Numerical simulations with solid element are conducted using Abaqus/standard via user material UMAT subroutine. In terms of computation time, the solid shell element is less time consuming when comparing to conventional solid element. This is due to the fact that a single element through the thickness direction is adopted. Element efficiency is assessed for various fibers contents.
Databáze: OpenAIRE