{"title":"Visco-elastoplastic constitutive modeling of coated woven fabrics — Impact of inelastic response on structural analysis","authors":"L. Makhool, D. Balzani","doi":"10.1016/j.compstruct.2025.119164","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A constitutive model for the highly nonlinear, anisotropic, and inelastic behavior of coated woven fabrics is proposed by suitably combining different model components from the literature. The material model accounts for viscoelasticity and plastic anisotropy at finite strains and thus, enables the geometrically nonlinear simulation of engineering constructions including prestretch processes and history-dependent load protocols. The formulation is adjusted to experimental data, specifically designed to isolate the individual aspects of the model, and it shows a decent agreement with the data. A numerical integration procedure is provided and the utilization of the model in a computational setting is addressed. Through an exemplary boundary value problem replicating a simplified roof construction, the impact of the individual features of the model on the structural response are analyzed and compared with the linear elastic model commonly used in engineering practice and a competitive hyperelastic model from the literature. As a result, the model shows significant differences to the simpler formulations and is thus found beneficial for the numerical analysis of structural problems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":281,"journal":{"name":"Composite Structures","volume":"365 ","pages":"Article 119164"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Composite Structures","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263822325003290","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A constitutive model for the highly nonlinear, anisotropic, and inelastic behavior of coated woven fabrics is proposed by suitably combining different model components from the literature. The material model accounts for viscoelasticity and plastic anisotropy at finite strains and thus, enables the geometrically nonlinear simulation of engineering constructions including prestretch processes and history-dependent load protocols. The formulation is adjusted to experimental data, specifically designed to isolate the individual aspects of the model, and it shows a decent agreement with the data. A numerical integration procedure is provided and the utilization of the model in a computational setting is addressed. Through an exemplary boundary value problem replicating a simplified roof construction, the impact of the individual features of the model on the structural response are analyzed and compared with the linear elastic model commonly used in engineering practice and a competitive hyperelastic model from the literature. As a result, the model shows significant differences to the simpler formulations and is thus found beneficial for the numerical analysis of structural problems.
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The past few decades have seen outstanding advances in the use of composite materials in structural applications. There can be little doubt that, within engineering circles, composites have revolutionised traditional design concepts and made possible an unparalleled range of new and exciting possibilities as viable materials for construction. Composite Structures, an International Journal, disseminates knowledge between users, manufacturers, designers and researchers involved in structures or structural components manufactured using composite materials.
The journal publishes papers which contribute to knowledge in the use of composite materials in engineering structures. Papers deal with design, research and development studies, experimental investigations, theoretical analysis and fabrication techniques relevant to the application of composites in load-bearing components for assemblies, ranging from individual components such as plates and shells to complete composite structures.