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Continuum damage micromechanics description of the compressive failure mechanisms in sustainable biocomposites and experimental validation
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Vehicle Engineering and Solid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2151-8741
Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Mat Engn, Kasteelpk Arenberg 44, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium..
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Vehicle Engineering and Solid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2470-7679
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Vehicle Engineering and Solid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics.
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2023 (English)In: Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids, ISSN 0022-5096, E-ISSN 1873-4782, Vol. 171, p. 105138-, article id 105138Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We investigate the compressive failure mechanisms in flax fiber composites, a promising eco-friendly alternative to synthetic composite materials, both numerically and experimentally, and explain their low compressive-compared-to-tensile strength, the compressive-to-tensile strength ratio being 0.28 -0.6. We present a novel thermodynamically consistent continuum damage micromechanics model capturing events on the fiber-matrix scale. It describes the microstructure of a unidirectional composite and includes the instantaneous constitutive behavior of matrix and fibers. We show that flax fibers behave as elastic-plastic-damaged solids in compression. Furthermore, we show that fiber damage plays an utmost role in the compressive failure of flax fiber composites - it is a major determinant of the material's compressive stress-strain response. Using X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), we identify the fiber damage as intra-technical fiber splitting and elementary fiber crushing. Due to micro -structural similarities among natural fibers, the same micro-mechanisms are likely to appear in other bio-based fibers and their composites.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2023. Vol. 171, p. 105138-, article id 105138
Keywords [en]
Micro-buckling, Compression, Constitutive behaviour, Natural fibres, Biocomposites
National Category
Composite Science and Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-323035DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105138ISI: 000896750900002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85142886988OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-323035DiVA, id: diva2:1725907
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QC 20230112

Available from: 2023-01-12 Created: 2023-01-12 Last updated: 2023-02-17Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. On fiber network fracture mechanics and kink band formation in biocomposites
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2023 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This thesis summarizes seven appended papers dealing with: (1) The fracture of fibrous materials, e.g., paper and paperboard, toward understanding the upper limits of paper products and eventually optimizing packaging performance in its endeavor to replace plastics with recyclable packaging; (2) The compressive failure of flax fiber composites, a promising eco-friendly alternative to synthetic composite materials, toward understanding the low compressive-compared-to-tensile strength of biocomposites, a design-limiting feature, and ultimately engineer better performing natural fiber composites for sustainable structures. 

(1) In Paper I, we consider an elastoplastic Timoshenko beam finite element formulation with embedded strong discontinuities in the description of multi-fracturing fibers in fiber networks, a deficiency in previous studies. Seeing that the coupled (monolithic) problem is non-convex, materializing through poor robustness and undesirable material instabilities, we present an alternating minimization (staggered) algorithm for this class of problems and thus retain a positive definite stiffness matrix. In Paper II, we propose a hybrid of monolithic and staggered solution methods for robust and computationally efficient fracture simulations, with an up to 30-fold performance gain compared to the staggered approach in the benchmark exercises. The hybrid method represents a matrix regularization technique that retains a positive definite stiffness matrix while approaching the tangent stiffness matrix of the monolithic problem. In Paper III, we develop a geometrically nonlinear Simo-Reissner beam theory with embedded strong discontinuities based on the method of incompatible modes, capturing the activation of additional fibers during loading. We show that accounting for geometrical nonlinearity in the beam formulation is necessary for direct numerical simulations of fiber networks regardless of the density. 

(2) In Paper IV, we formulate a multi-scale homogenization framework for layered composite materials, where we model the instantaneous constitutive behavior of the matrix and the fiber separately utilizing a combined Voigt and Reuss approximation, followed by an upscaling to the composite. Advantages include the independence of fiber rotations because it is fully defined in the known initial configuration of the composite. In Paper V, we back-calculate the compressive stress-strain response of the flax fiber from the Impregnated Fiber Bundle Test (IFBT) in compression using the rule of mixtures, necessary input data in the micromechanical description of flax fiber composites. In Paper VI, we formulate hyperelastic models for deformation plasticity into the finite strain range. One application includes mimicking the stress-strain response of the fiber and the matrix in the homogenization of layered composite materials, which we numerically verify against a micromechanical model. In Paper VII, we extend the hyperelastic model to account for fiber damage. We show numerically and experimentally through X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) that fiber damage plays the utmost role in the compressive failure of flax fiber composites – it is a major determinant of the material’s compressive stress-strain response. The micromechanisms include elementary fiber crushing and intra-technical fiber splitting.

Abstract [sv]

Avhandlingen sammanfattar sju bifogade artiklar om (1) fiberbrott i nätverksbaserade material som t.ex. papper och kartong, och (2) kompressionshållfastheten hos linfiberkompositer, vilket är ett lovande miljövänligt alternativ till syntetiska kompositmaterial.

(1) I Paper I betraktas en finit elementformulering av en elastiskt-plastisk Timoshenko balk med en inbäddad stark diskontinuitet för att beskriva multipla fiberbrott i fibernätverk. Detta har inte varit möjligt i tidigare studier. Eftersom det kopplade (monolitiska) problemet är icke-konvext, materialiserat genom dålig robusthet och oönskade materialinstabiliteter, presenteras en sekventiell minimeringsalgoritm för denna klass av problem som medför att styvhetsmatrisen förblir positivt definit. I Paper II föreslås en hybrid av monolitiska och sekventiella lösningsmetoder för robusta och beräkningseffektiva simuleringar av multipla fiberbrott i fibernätverk. Jämfört med det sekventiella tillvägagångssättet erhålles en upp till trettiofaldig prestandavinst för ett antal i testexempel. Hybridmetoden representerar en matrisregulariseringsteknik som bibehåller en positivt definit styvhetsmatris samtidigt som tangentstyvhetsmatrisen närmar sig det monolitiska problemet. I Paper III utvecklas en geometriskt olinjär Simo-Reissner balkteori med inbäddade starka diskontinuiteter baserad på metoden för icke kompatibla deformationsmoder, som fångar aktiveringen av ytterligare fibrer under belastningen. Dessutom visas att beaktande av geometriska olinjäriteter i formuleringen av balkteorin ger betydande bidrag till responsen vid direkta numeriska simuleringar av fibernätverk oavsett nätverkets densitet.

(2) I Paper IV formuleras ett flerskaligt ramverk för homogenisering av kompositlaminat. Det momentana konstitutiva beteendet hos matrisen och fibern modelleras separat med hjälp av en kombinerad Voigt och Reuss approximation. Kompositlaminatets egenskaper fås därefter genom en uppskalning. En fördel med detta tillvägagångssätt är att det är oberoende av fiberrotationer eftersom det är helt definierat i kompositens referenskonfiguration. Linfiberns spännings-töjningsrespons i kompression är nödvändig i den mikromekaniska beskrivningen av linfiberkompositer. I Paper V beräknas den med data från kompressionsprovning av impregnerade fiberbuntar, det s.k. Impregnated Fiber Bundle Test (IFBT), och blandningslagarna för kompositer. I Paper VI formuleras hyperelastiska modeller för deformationsplasticitet för stora töjningar. En applikation inkluderar att efterlikna fiberns och matrisens spännings-töjningsrespons vid homogenisering av skiktade kompositmaterial, vilket numeriskt verifieras med en mikromekanisk modell. I Paper VII utökas den hyperelastiska modellen för att ta hänsyn till fiberskador. Det visas både numeriskt och experimentellt, genom röntgendatortomografi (XCT) och svepelektronmikroskopi (SEM), att fiberskador har en avgörande betydelse för linfiberkompositers kompressionsstyrka. Typiska mikroskopiska fiberskador är krossning av elementärfibrer och splittring av tekniska fibrer.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm, Sweden: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2023
Series
TRITA-SCI-FOU ; 2023:03
Keywords
Staggered, Monolithic, Fracture, Constitutive modeling, Strong discontinuity approach (SDA), Simo-Reissner beam theory, Geometrically exact beam theory, Minimeringsalgoritm, Simo-Reissner balkteori, Icke kompatibla deformationsmode, Konstitutiva model
National Category
Applied Mechanics Computer Sciences
Research subject
Solid Mechanics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-323988 (URN)978-91-8040-481-5 (ISBN)
Public defence
2023-03-17, https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68993674093, Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm, 09:00 (English)
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EU, Horizon 2020, FibreNet
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