Phase field modeling of dynamic fracture in elastoplastic composites with interfacial debonding

In this work, we extend a phase field formulation for dynamic ductile fracture to consider interfacial debonding in elastoplastic composites. The interfacial weak zone is created through a regularization of the sharp interfaces, and the singular strain part along the interfaces is approximated by us...

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Published inEngineering fracture mechanics
Main Authors Li, Pengfei, Wu, Yi, Yvonnet, Julien, Liu, Sili, Gu, Shuitao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier 2023
Subjects
Engineering Sciences
Elastoplastic composites
Image-based models
Phase field method Dynamic fracture Interfacial debonding Elastoplastic composites Image-based models
Dynamic fracture
Phase field method
Interfacial debonding
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Summary:In this work, we extend a phase field formulation for dynamic ductile fracture to consider interfacial debonding in elastoplastic composites. The interfacial weak zone is created through a regularization of the sharp interfaces, and the singular strain part along the interfaces is approximated by using a Taylor expansion. Then, a strain density depending on the displacement jump related to matrix/inclusions decohesion is added to the total energy to take into accout interfacial debonding. The coupling problems (displacement, plasticity and damage problems) are derived within the variational framework and a staggered iterative algorithmic procedure is described to solve the coupling problems. Numerical examples demonstrate that this method can handle the initiation, propagation, and interaction between bulk dynamic fracture and interface cracks, as well as the anisotropic behavior in the complex microstructure of elastic-plastic composite materials. It also indicates that this model is convergent in terms of mesh refinement.
ISSN:0013-7944