Finite element analysis of composite materials using Abaqus

✍ Scribed by Barbero, Ever J.

• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 438
• Series: Composite materials (CRC Press)
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Completely revised and updated, this book is a new version of Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials with worked examples rewritten in Abaqus software instead of ANSYS. Based on one of the best-known textbooks on finite element analysis of composite materials, it reflects the state of the art in modeling. The original book will also be updated but will provide ANSYS problems"--

"Preface Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials deals with the analysis of structures made of composite materials, also called composites. The analysis of composites treated in this textbook includes the analysis of the material itself, at the micro-level, and the analysis of structures made of composite materials. This textbook evolved from the class notes of MAE 646 Advanced Mechanics of Composite Materials that I teach as a graduate course at West Virginia University. Although this is also a textbook on advanced mechanics of composite materials, the use of the finite element method is essential for the solution of the complex boundary value problems encountered in the advanced analysis of composites, and thus the title of the book. There are a number of good textbooks on advanced mechanics of composite materials, but none carries the theory to a practical level by actually solving problems, as it is done in this textbook. Some books devoted exclusively to finite element analysis include some examples about modeling composites but fall quite short of dealing with the actual analysis and design issues of composite materials and composite structures. This textbook includes an explanation of the concepts involved in the detailed analysis of composites, a sound explanation of the mechanics needed to translate those concepts into a mathematical representation of the physical reality, and a detailed explanation of the solution of the resulting boundary value problems by using commercial Finite Element Analysis software such as AbaqusTM. Furthermore, this textbook includes more than fifty fully developed examples interspersed with the theory, as well as more than seventy-five exercises at the end of chapters, and more than fifty separate pieces of Abaqus"--  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Mechanics of Orthotropic Materials Lamina Coordinate System Displacements Strain Stress Contracted Notation Equilibrium and Virtual Work Boundary Conditions Continuity Conditions Compatibility Coordinate Transformations Transformation of Constitutive Equations 3D Constitutive Equations Engineering Constants From 3D to Plane Stress Equations Apparent Laminate Properties Introduction to Finite Element Analysis Basic FEM Procedure General Finite Element Procedure Solid Modeling, Analysis, and Visualization Elasticity and Strength of Laminates Kinematic of Shells Finite Element Analysis of Laminates Failure Criteria Predefined Fields Buckling Eigenvalue Buckling Analysis Continuation Methods Free Edge Stresses Poisson's Mismatch Coefficient of Mutual Influence Computational Micromechanics Analytical Homogenization Numerical Homogenization Local-Global Analysis Laminated RVE Viscoelasticity Viscoelastic Models Boltzmann Superposition Correspondence Principle Frequency Domain Spectrum Representation Micromechanics of Viscoelastic Composites Macromechanics of Viscoelastic Composites FEA of Viscoelastic Composites Continuum Damage Mechanics One-Dimensional Damage Mechanics Multidimensional Damage and Effective Spaces Thermodynamics Formulation Kinetic Law in Three-Dimensional Space Damage and Plasticity Discrete Damage Mechanics Overview Approximations Lamina Constitutive Equation Displacement Field Degraded Laminate Stiffness and CTE Degraded Lamina Stiffness Fracture Energy Solution Algorithm Delaminations Cohesive Zone Method Virtual Crack Closure Technique Appendix A: Tensor Algebra Appendix B: Second-Order Diagonal Damage Models Appendix C: Software Used Index Problems appear at the end of each chapter.