Abstract
The possibility of replacing semiempirical constitutive laws with computationally intensive multiscale and multiphysics simulations of complex material behavior on the mesoscale has led to exaggerated expectations. This brief paper shows that this has been the case for the simulation of softening material damage and fracture in quasi-brittle structures. It is argued that the problem of determining the material lengths on the mesoscale and trasmitting them to the macroscale would have to be mastered before realistic predictions of structural damage and failure could be expected.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 61-67 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- Damage localization
- Finite element methods
- Fracture
- Lattice-particle simulation
- Material characteristic length
- Nonlocal models
- Scale bridging
- Scaling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Computational Mechanics
- Computer Networks and Communications