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A Coupled Experiment-finite Element Modeling Methodology for Assessing High Strain Rate Mechanical Response of Soft Biomaterials
Published on: May 18, 2015
A review of mesoscopic modeling and constitutive equations of particle-reinforced metals matrix composites based on
Jing Li1, Fei Wang1,2, Ce Zhang1
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China.
Abstract:
Particle reinforced metal matrix composite (PRMMCs) has a complex mesoscopic structure, and the addition of particles can strengthen the metal matrix, which makes the deformation and failure behavior of PRMMCs under load very complicated. The finite element method can quantitatively describe the effect of PRMMCs microstructure parameters on the macroscopic properties of materials, but the key is to establish a representative volume element(RVE) model that can reflect the real mechanical properties of materials. This paper reports and discusses on the construction methods of the RVE model of PRMMCs from three aspects: the geometric modeling of PRMMCs microstructure, the construction of the matrix constitutive equation based on PRMMCs reinforcement mechanism and the interface module. In the end, Abaqus and some of its secondary development functions are introduced.
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