An energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional FRP composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model

Composite structures are made of multidirectional (MD) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite laminates, which fail due to multiple damages in matrix, interface, and fiber constituents at different scales. The yield point of a unidirectional FRP composite is assumed as the lamina strength limit re...

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Main Authors: Koloor, Seyed Saeid Rahimian, Karimzadeh, Atefeh, Yidris, Noorfaizal, Petrů, Michal, Ayatollahi, Majid Reza, Tamin, Mohd Nasir
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Language:English
Published: MDPI 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38180/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38180/1/38180.pdf
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author Koloor, Seyed Saeid Rahimian
Karimzadeh, Atefeh
Yidris, Noorfaizal
Petrů, Michal
Ayatollahi, Majid Reza
Tamin, Mohd Nasir
author_facet Koloor, Seyed Saeid Rahimian
Karimzadeh, Atefeh
Yidris, Noorfaizal
Petrů, Michal
Ayatollahi, Majid Reza
Tamin, Mohd Nasir
author_sort Koloor, Seyed Saeid Rahimian
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description Composite structures are made of multidirectional (MD) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite laminates, which fail due to multiple damages in matrix, interface, and fiber constituents at different scales. The yield point of a unidirectional FRP composite is assumed as the lamina strength limit representing the damage initiation phenomena, while yielding of MD composites in structural applications are not quantified due to the complexity of the sequence of damage evolutions in different laminas dependent on their angle and specification. This paper proposes a new method to identify the yield point of MD composite structures based on the evolution of the damage dissipation energy (DDE). Such a characteristic evolution curve is computed using a validated finite element model with a mesoscale damage-based constitutive model that accounts for different matrix and fiber failure modes in angle lamina. The yield point of composite structures is identified to correspond to a 5% increase in the initial slope of the DDE evolution curve. The yield points of three antisymmetric MD FRP composite structures under flexural loading conditions are established based on Hashin unidirectional (UD) criteria and the energy-based criterion. It is shown that the new energy concept provides a significantly larger safe limit of yield for MD composite structures compared to UD criteria, in which the accumulation of energy dissipated due to all damage modes is less than 5% of the fracture energy required for the structural rupture.
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spelling upm-381802020-05-03T23:03:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38180/ An energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional FRP composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model Koloor, Seyed Saeid Rahimian Karimzadeh, Atefeh Yidris, Noorfaizal Petrů, Michal Ayatollahi, Majid Reza Tamin, Mohd Nasir Composite structures are made of multidirectional (MD) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite laminates, which fail due to multiple damages in matrix, interface, and fiber constituents at different scales. The yield point of a unidirectional FRP composite is assumed as the lamina strength limit representing the damage initiation phenomena, while yielding of MD composites in structural applications are not quantified due to the complexity of the sequence of damage evolutions in different laminas dependent on their angle and specification. This paper proposes a new method to identify the yield point of MD composite structures based on the evolution of the damage dissipation energy (DDE). Such a characteristic evolution curve is computed using a validated finite element model with a mesoscale damage-based constitutive model that accounts for different matrix and fiber failure modes in angle lamina. The yield point of composite structures is identified to correspond to a 5% increase in the initial slope of the DDE evolution curve. The yield points of three antisymmetric MD FRP composite structures under flexural loading conditions are established based on Hashin unidirectional (UD) criteria and the energy-based criterion. It is shown that the new energy concept provides a significantly larger safe limit of yield for MD composite structures compared to UD criteria, in which the accumulation of energy dissipated due to all damage modes is less than 5% of the fracture energy required for the structural rupture. MDPI 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38180/1/38180.pdf Koloor, Seyed Saeid Rahimian and Karimzadeh, Atefeh and Yidris, Noorfaizal and Petrů, Michal and Ayatollahi, Majid Reza and Tamin, Mohd Nasir (2020) An energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional FRP composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model. Polymers, 12 (1). art. no. 157. pp. 1-18. ISSN 2073-4360 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/12/1/157 10.3390/polym12010157
spellingShingle Koloor, Seyed Saeid Rahimian
Karimzadeh, Atefeh
Yidris, Noorfaizal
Petrů, Michal
Ayatollahi, Majid Reza
Tamin, Mohd Nasir
An energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional FRP composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model
title An energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional FRP composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model
title_full An energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional FRP composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model
title_fullStr An energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional FRP composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model
title_full_unstemmed An energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional FRP composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model
title_short An energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional FRP composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model
title_sort energy-based concept for yielding of multidirectional frp composite structures using a mesoscale lamina damage model
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38180/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38180/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38180/1/38180.pdf