An approach to model the mechanical behavior of transversely isotropic materials

Autor: Sylvie Granet, Ahmed Rouabhi, Mohamed Ali Mahjoub, Michel Tijani
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 40:942-961
ISSN: 0363-9061
DOI: 10.1002/nag.2469
Popis: Summary The present work proposes an approach to adapt existing isotropic models to transversely isotropic materials. The main idea is to introduce equivalence relations between the real material and a fictitious isotropic one on which one can take all the advantages of the well-established isotropic theory. Two applications of this approach are presented here: a failure criterion and a damage model that takes into account the load-induced anisotropy. In both cases, theoretical predictions are in agreement with the experimental data. In the present paper, the developed approach is applied to sedimentary rock materials; nevertheless, it can be generalized to any material that exhibits transverse isotropy. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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