Designing tunable composites with general interfaces

buir.contributor.authorJavili, Ali
dc.citation.epage188en_US
dc.citation.spage181en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber171en_US
dc.contributor.authorSaeb, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSteinmann, P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJavili, Alien_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-04T06:47:21Z
dc.date.available2020-02-04T06:47:21Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this manuscript, we employ interface enhanced computational homogenization to explore and detail on a number of unfamiliar characteristics that composites can exhibit at different length scales. Here, the interface between the constituents is general in the sense that both displacement and traction jumps across the interface are admissible. We carry out numerous computational investigations using the finite element method for a broad range of various material parameters. Our numerical results reveal that the effective response of a microstructure embedding general interfaces is intuitively unpredictable and highly complex. In particular, for certain ranges of material parameters the overall response shows insensitivity with respect to either microstructure size or stiffness-ratio between inclusion and matrix. This unique behavior is observed likewise for two- and three-dimensional unit-cells. Our findings provide a valuable guideline to design tunable composites utilizing interfaces.en_US
dc.embargo.release2021-10-15
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2019.04.006en_US
dc.identifier.issn0020-7683
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/53026
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2019.04.006en_US
dc.source.titleInternational Journal of Solids and Structuresen_US
dc.subjectSmart materialsen_US
dc.subjectInterface/interphaseen_US
dc.subjectComputational modelingen_US
dc.subjectMicro-mechanicsen_US
dc.subjectSize-effecten_US
dc.subjectCompositesen_US
dc.titleDesigning tunable composites with general interfacesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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