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{"title":"Time-dependent effective properties and local physical fields of polymer-based piezoelectric composites/nanocomposites via extended local-exact homogenization theory","authors":"Mengyuan Gao ,&nbsp;Rui Wu ,&nbsp;Zhelong He ,&nbsp;Guannan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113365","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113365","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, the micromechanics model (local-exact homogenization theory – LEHT) for composites is extended to the piezoelectric time domain to predict the time-dependent effective properties and local physical fields of polymer-based piezoelectric composites/nanocomposites with energetic surfaces using the electroelastic-viscoelectroelastic correspondence principle. The interface is modeled using a generalized Gurtin-Murdoch (G-M) model for piezoelectric nanocomposites, taking into account of discontinuities of both interface stresses and electrical displacement. The method introduces the boundary-value problem and the composite homogenization constitutive equations into the Laplace domain for solutions, and subsequently transforms the macroscopic and microscopic responses into the time domain by a numerical-stable Zakian method, which avoids step-by-step iteration of the viscoelectroelastic constitutive equations in an integral-containing form. The consistency between the proposed method and the extended Eshelby solution and Asymptotic Homogenization Method (AHM) in the literature validates the accuracy of the approach. Finally, different rheological models are used to analyze the effects of matrix’ viscoelastic properties, fiber/matrix volume ratio, temperature and interfacial parameters on the long-term effective performance and local responses of piezoelectric composites/nanocomposites. The results demonstrate that this method not only efficiently predicts the long-term properties of piezoelectric materials but also accurately recovering the local stress and electric displacement distributions in the representative unit cells (RUCs). In addition, the study of interfacial effects provides theoretical support for understanding and optimizing the practical properties of piezoelectric composites. These results contribute to their efficiency and stability in the field of sensors, actuators and energy harvesters.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113365"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deformation-dependent effective mobility in Structural Battery Electrolytes","authors":"Vinh Tu ,&nbsp;Fredrik Larsson ,&nbsp;Kenneth Runesson ,&nbsp;Ralf Jänicke","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113342","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113342","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper considers chemical diffusion in a Structural Battery Electrolyte (SBE) under the influence of finite deformation, which serves as a first step towards the more rigorous electro-chemically coupled modeling of deformation-dependent ionic transport in SBEs. The SBE is a porous (bicontinuous) microstructure consisting of a solid (polymer) skeleton, and pores filled with a liquid electrolyte. We present a variationally consistent computational homogenization scheme and exploit 3D-representation of the microstructure to compute the deformation-dependent effective mobility via direct upscaling in a two-step procedure (sequentially coupled approach). The pertinent RVE problem is established for the mechanical (equilibrium) problem under macro-scale deformation control, while adopting Neo-Hooke hyperelasticity for the fine-scale modeling of the solid skeleton. Thereby, the elastic moduli are calibrated based on experimental data for the effective response. Subsequently, Fickian diffusion, with a constant mobility in the liquid electrolyte is considered in the deformed pore space. Exploiting a pull-back to the reference configuration, we avoid remeshing while still incorporating the necessary pore space deformation. By adopting a suitable constitutive model for the fictitious solid in the pore space, we also prevent self-penetration of the solid skeleton during deformation, which mimics contact behavior without explicitly solving a computationally expensive contact problem involving contact search. Upon homogenizing the local ionic flux, we obtain the effective mobility pertaining to the macro-scale chemical potential gradient, while noting that the RVE-problem is linear in the chemical potential for a given macro-scale deformation gradient. The numerical results show that when the macro-scale loading is of compressive type, the pore volume is reduced and, as a direct consequence, the effective mobility becomes smaller. In essence, the framework can track the geometrically induced anisotropy of the RVE under mechanical loading, corresponding to a change in the computational domain for the transport problem, thereby influencing the ionic flux. E.g. for a bicontinuous SBE with 37% initial porosity and an externally applied macroscopic compression of 20% strain, we could observe up to 26% reduction in the effective mobility components.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113342"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143737933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dynamic homogenization of random elastodynamic metamaterials using space–time Fourier transform","authors":"Ali Heidari Shirazi ,&nbsp;Reza Abedi ,&nbsp;Raj Kumar Pal","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113339","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113339","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The dynamic homogenization of metamaterials with transfer matrix-based methods poses significant challenges due to an inherent branch ambiguity associated with the real part of the wavenumber. This problem is exacerbated in the presence of disorder (randomness) in cell geometry or material properties. Disorder necessitates larger domains for homogenization, which increase the range of wavenumbers with a branch ambiguity. To resolve this ambiguity, we utilize a Space–Time Fourier Transform (STFT)-based technique and extract primary parameters such as wavenumber and phase velocity, alongside secondary parameters including effective mass density, elastic modulus, and Willis-coupling terms for 1D multilayer media. A variation-based criterion is used to show that dynamic Representative Volume Element (RVE) can only be defined for the primary parameters. A sensitivity analysis is conducted to show that the coefficient of variation of secondary parameters is not only much higher than that of primary parameters, but also does not decrease by increasing the Statistical Volume Element (SVE) size. Our simulations predict the appearance of minor bandgaps induced by disorder. Phenomena such as blue-shift, widening, and merging of bandgaps are observed in random realizations. The STFT technique predicts homogenized parameters in both passbands, bandgaps, and can naturally be extended to higher dimensional metamaterials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113339"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143724221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Extension of von-Mises failure criterion for comprehensive mixed-mode I/II fracture assessment of orthotropic materials","authors":"Elahe Kouhestani,&nbsp;Mahdi Fakoor","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113363","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113363","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aims to propose a general fracture criterion for cracked orthotropic materials that incorporates normal and shear modes of fracture. For this purpose, an extension of the von-Mises failure criterion, commonly applied to isotropic materials, is utilized to analyze the fracture behavior of orthotropic materials within the linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) framework. The new failure criterion presented in this research is called the extended von-Mises criterion (EVM). The presented criterion is promoted in conjunction with reinforced isotropic solid (RIS) concept which is an efficient material model suitable for orthotropic materials. Thus, the role of the fibers in strengthening the matrix is considered as coefficients in the isotropic stress field of the matrix. This combination is able to properly account for the reinforcing effects of the fibers and the anisotropic mechanical properties of the materials and improve the accuracy of failure predictions. EVM criterion is presented for two different crack propagation scenarios: along and perpendicular to the fibers. In the latter case, kinked crack phenomenon is considered involving crack rotation along the fiber direction, upon encountering the fibers. To investigate EVM accuracy and applicability, this criterion is examined for some wooden species. The fracture limit curves of EVM show promising results when compared to experimental data, indicating that the proposed criterion can accurately predict the failure behavior of materials. It demonstrates performance comparable to the energy-based criterion. The application of RIS theory to enhance this criterion led to a notable increase in its predictive accuracy, suggesting a deeper understanding of the material’s behavior. This enhancement improved performance by 17–20%, and the analysis of the results was conducted with greater precision.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113363"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143777484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Elastic sheets on Winkler foundations: Indentation stiffness and nonlinearities","authors":"Erteng Chen,&nbsp;Zhaohe Dai","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113346","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113346","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The indentation of thin sheets on Winkler’s mattress or elastic foundations offers valuable opportunities to gain quantitative insights into the mechanical properties of both the material and its interface. However, interpreting indentation data is complicated by the interplay of plate bending, sheet pre-tension, and foundation deformation. The challenges are further amplified in recently developed nanoindentation techniques for small-scale systems, such as 2D materials and cell membranes, where indenter size, shape, and foundation nonlinearity have been found to influence the results significantly. Here, we address these challenges by investigating a generalized indentation problem involving a pre-tensioned elastic sheet on a mattress foundation, considering both punch and spherical indenters. By linearizing the Föppl–von Kármán equations and the elastic foundation under small indentation depth, we obtain a set of asymptotic solutions that quantify the effects of pre-tension and indenter geometry on indentation stiffness. These solutions show excellent agreement with numerical solutions in various parameter regimes that we classify. We also discuss sources of nonlinearities arising from the kinematics in sheet stretching and the evolving contact radius in spherical indentation. The results should be of direct use for the nanometrology of layered materials where indentation remains one of the most accessible techniques for characterizing mechanical properties at small scales.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113346"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143724341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Upscaling transformation plasticity using full field fast Fourier transform simulations of polycrystals undergoing phase transformations under applied loads","authors":"Shahul Hameed Nambiyankulam Hussain ,&nbsp;Daniel Weisz-Patrault ,&nbsp;Benoit Appolaire ,&nbsp;Sabine Denis ,&nbsp;Amico Settefrati","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113337","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113337","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transformation plasticity has been intensively studied because of its significant impact on various industrial fabrication and forming processes. The widely used analytical macroscopic models are based on idealized microstructures and strong assumptions. Such models predict linear (or weakly non-linear) dependence between the transformation plastic strain rate and the applied load, whereas experimental evidence shows that this dependence becomes highly non-linear when the applied stress becomes non-negligible with respect to the macroscopic yield stress. Such a non-linear response is not fully understood especially for phase transformations arising at high temperatures for which the product phase is often softer than the parent phase, and involving visco-plastic behavior.</div><div>Therefore to overcome this difficulty, the first key contribution of this paper is to exhibit the detailed mechanisms leading to transformation plasticity in steels undergoing austenite to ferrite phase transformation at high temperature and to explain the non-linear dependence between the transformation plastic strain and the applied load. To do so, full-field simulations of visco-plastic polycrystalline aggregates undergoing phase transformations under applied load are performed. In addition, the second key contribution consists in upscaling the outcomes obtained at the scale of the polycrystal into a macroscopic statistical model, that can be used for large simulations of industrial processes. To do so, a database of computations with various initial microstructures, grain shape distributions, and applied loads have been performed, and used to derive the macroscopic statistical model. Of course, to create such a database, a relatively short computation time should be obtained for the full-field simulations, which is achieved by using a fast Fourier transform-based algorithm.</div><div>Numerical results showed that the combination of two different mechanisms may explain the non-linear behavior of transformation plasticity with respect to the applied load. Moreover, the upscaled statistical model has been tested on full field simulations not included in the database and a good agreement was observed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113337"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143705827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Self-excited fluctuation of sliding velocity induced by LuGre friction in a minimal mechanical model","authors":"Balazs J. Bekesi ,&nbsp;Gabor Csernak","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113293","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113293","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The paper explores various bifurcations that can occur due to the variation of the linear internal damping (bristle damping) term in the LuGre friction model. To capture the essence of the nonlinear effects associated with friction, we consider a minimal mechanical model: a block sliding on a horizontal surface, which is subjected to a constant external force and the LuGre friction force with a viscous damping term. Despite the simplicity of the mechanical model, six different bifurcation scenarios are identified, involving Hopf bifurcations. Due to the emerging limit cycles – that may undergo fold or homoclinic bifurcations, as well – the slipping velocity and the friction force fluctuate near the Stribeck characteristic at sufficiently large bristle damping values. This phenomenon can be considered as a self-excited counterpart of the well-known frictional lag phenomenon.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113293"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143724222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The determination of interfacial strength in Al/SiC long fibre composites","authors":"Luke J. Rollings ,&nbsp;Samuel A. McDonald ,&nbsp;M.J. Roy ,&nbsp;Philip J. Withers","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113335","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113335","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The interfacial properties have been measured for a novel AA6061/SiC-C coated silicon carbide SM3256 monofilamentary fibre (Al/SiC<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mtext>f</mtext></mrow></msub></math></span>) MMC using a variant of the single fibre fragmentation test. In this test, fibre fragmentation is followed in situ using synchrotron X-ray diffraction to probe the axial fibre elastic strains as a function of applied loading, while X-ray radiography is used to follow the fracture sequence. In this way, the variation in axial fibre stress along the fibre is tracked and hence the variation in interfacial shear stress along the fibre inferred at various stages of fibre fragmentation. Prior to loading, the fibre was in a state of axial compression (<span><math><mo>≈</mo></math></span>280 MPa) due to thermal residual stresses representative of cooling from 200 °C. During the fragmentation process, the variations in axial strain and interfacial stress show characteristic “stick–slip” behaviour, where the fibre interface must exceed a threshold stress (<span><math><msub><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>deb</mtext></mrow></msub></math></span> = 94 ± 10 MPa), close to the shear strength of the matrix before debonding. Once debonded, the fibre slides at a frictional shear stress, <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>fr</mtext></mrow></msub></math></span>, initially of around 40 MPa, but falling with increased sliding distance to around <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>fr</mtext></mrow></msub></math></span> = 15 ± 5 MPa. Radiography taken during loading, and post-mortem, indicates that interfacial failure occurs at the fibre-coating interface, leaving coating material lining the pull-out within the matrix. The accumulation of coating damage may be responsible for the progressive decrease in sliding stress with increased sliding. These sliding stresses, are much lower than observed for comparable Ti/SiC composites, and would facilitate significant fibre-pull-out and fibre bridging under fatigue conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113335"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143705828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fatigue crack growth analysis based on energy parameters: A literature review","authors":"F.V. Antunes ,&nbsp;E.R. Sérgio ,&nbsp;P.M. Cerezo ,&nbsp;P. Lopez-Crespo ,&nbsp;D.M. Neto","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113355","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113355","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fatigue crack growth (FCG) in metallic materials has been studied using non-linear parameters, which permit a better understanding of crack tip damage. The objective here is to make a literature review about the use of energy parameters in this context. Fundamental concepts are presented, namely the different types of energy that can be identified (the external work, the macroscopic elastic energy, the plastic dissipation, the internal potential energy and the thermal energy). FCG rate has been related with the dissipated energy measured externally, with the dissipated energy in the reversed plastic zone, with a punctual value of dissipated density energy at a critical location ahead of crack tip and with the thermal energy. The links between FCG mechanisms and energy parameters are exploited and guidelines for their use are proposed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113355"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143737934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adhesive contact problem between thermoelectric material and rigid solid with slightly wavy surface","authors":"Yali Zhang ,&nbsp;Yueting Zhou ,&nbsp;Wenxian Yang ,&nbsp;Chenxi Zhang ,&nbsp;Shenghu Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113351","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113351","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The thermoelectric effect is a general term for the electrical effects that arise from a temperature difference, as well as the reversible thermal effects induced by electric current, commonly including the Seebeck effect, Peltier effect, and Thomson effect. Thermoelectric devices based on the advantageous thermoelectric effect are increasing used in practical engineering, such as the temperature measurement and thermoelectric power generation. The periodic wavy contact behavior is crucial for the long-term stability and energy conversion efficiency improvement of thermoelectric devices. This paper investigates the two-dimensional periodic Maugis-Dugdale (MD) adhesion contact behavior of thermoelectric half-plane using the integral equation method. The contact problem is transformed into a singular integral equation (SIE) with the Hilbert kernel, in which the size of cohesive zone becomes the key unknown parameter. Through theoretical analysis and numerical calculation, the relationships between normal load, contact zone and adhesion zone under two dimensionless parameters including classical Tabor parameter and the ratio of the surface energy of the grooved surface to the elastic strain energy when the grooved surface is smoothed-out are analyzed, and their curve distributions during loading and unloading are discussed. The results show that rougher surfaces cause more energy loss due to adhesion hysteresis.<!--> <!-->As the total current and energy flow increase, the normal load necessary to achieve the same contact half-width also rises. This enables us to adjust the surface contact behavior by varying the thermoelectric loads, thereby altering the stress distribution on the contact surface.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113351"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143715433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}