A constitutive modelling framework featuring two scales of behaviour: Fundamentals and applications to quasi-brittle failure

We propose a constitutive modelling framework with enhanced kinematics to capture localised mode of deformation. The total strain is decomposed into two components to reflect an inelastic localisation band embedded in an elastic bulk. This is the usual case in numerical analysis of localised failure...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, G, Korsunsky, A, Einav, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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description We propose a constitutive modelling framework with enhanced kinematics to capture localised mode of deformation. The total strain is decomposed into two components to reflect an inelastic localisation band embedded in an elastic bulk. This is the usual case in numerical analysis of localised failure in geomaterials, when the size of the localisation band is very small compared to an element of the discretised domain under consideration. The proposed framework takes into account the sizes and corresponding behaviours of the two inelastic and elastic zones and hence gives derived constitutive models a length scale. This is an essential feature in dealing with size effect issues as a consequence of localised failure in geomaterials. The proposed framework is applied to a constitutive model for the failure analysis of quasi-brittle materials. The implementation algorithms are developed and novel features are illustrated through numerical examples. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
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spelling oxford-uuid:b548634d-0343-4607-b31a-e288bc8eb5ef2022-03-27T04:32:18ZA constitutive modelling framework featuring two scales of behaviour: Fundamentals and applications to quasi-brittle failureJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b548634d-0343-4607-b31a-e288bc8eb5efEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2014Nguyen, GKorsunsky, AEinav, IWe propose a constitutive modelling framework with enhanced kinematics to capture localised mode of deformation. The total strain is decomposed into two components to reflect an inelastic localisation band embedded in an elastic bulk. This is the usual case in numerical analysis of localised failure in geomaterials, when the size of the localisation band is very small compared to an element of the discretised domain under consideration. The proposed framework takes into account the sizes and corresponding behaviours of the two inelastic and elastic zones and hence gives derived constitutive models a length scale. This is an essential feature in dealing with size effect issues as a consequence of localised failure in geomaterials. The proposed framework is applied to a constitutive model for the failure analysis of quasi-brittle materials. The implementation algorithms are developed and novel features are illustrated through numerical examples. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
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A constitutive modelling framework featuring two scales of behaviour: Fundamentals and applications to quasi-brittle failure
title A constitutive modelling framework featuring two scales of behaviour: Fundamentals and applications to quasi-brittle failure
title_full A constitutive modelling framework featuring two scales of behaviour: Fundamentals and applications to quasi-brittle failure
title_fullStr A constitutive modelling framework featuring two scales of behaviour: Fundamentals and applications to quasi-brittle failure
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title_short A constitutive modelling framework featuring two scales of behaviour: Fundamentals and applications to quasi-brittle failure
title_sort constitutive modelling framework featuring two scales of behaviour fundamentals and applications to quasi brittle failure
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