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    A 3D Frictionless Contact Domain Method for Large Deformation Problems

    S. Hartmann1, R. Weyler2, J. Oliver1, J.C. Cante2, J.A. Hernández1
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.55, No.3, pp. 211-270, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.055.211
    Abstract This work describes a three-dimensional contact domain method for large deformation frictionless contact problems. Theoretical basis and numerical aspects of this specific contact method are given in [Oliver, Hartmann, Cante, Weyler and Hernández (2009)] and [Hartmann, Oliver, Weyler, Cante and Hernández (2009)] for two-dimensional, large deformation frictional contact problems. In this method, in contrast to many other contact formulations, the necessary contact constraints are formulated on a so-called contact domain, which can be interpreted as a fictive intermediate region connecting the potential contact surfaces of the deformable bodies. This contact domain has the same dimension as the contacting bodies. It… More >

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    A Relocalization Technique for the Multiscale Computation of Delamination in Composite Structures

    O. Allix1, P. Kerfriden1, P. Gosselet1
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.55, No.3, pp. 271-292, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.055.271
    Abstract We present numerical enhancements of a multiscale domain decomposition strategy based on a LaTIn solver and dedicated to the computation of the debounding in laminated composites. We show that the classical scale separation is irrelevant in the process zones, which results in a drop in the convergence rate of the strategy. We show that performing nonlinear subresolutions in the vicinity of the front of the crack at each prediction stage of the iterative solver permits to restore the effectiveness of the method. More >

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    A State Parameter Based Generalized Plasticity Model for Unsaturated Soils

    D. Manzanal1,2, M. Pastor2,3, J.A. Fern,ez Merodo4, P. Mira2,3
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.55, No.3, pp. 293-318, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.055.293
    Abstract This paper presents an extension of the Generalized Plasticity model proposed by Pastor - Zienkiewicz in 1986. The extension is based on (i) incorporating a state dependant parameter to model the mechanical behaviour of sand under a wide range of relative densities and confining pressures (ii) the definition of the effective stress of Schrefler (1984) modified to obtain unique CSL for different suction and (iii) the work conjugated variable proposed by Houlsby (1997). Several examples are presented for saturated and unsaturated soils. More >

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    Numerical Phenomenology: Virtual Testing of the Hierarchical Structure of a Bundle of Strands

    D.P. Boso1, M. Lefik2
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.55, No.3, pp. 319-338, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.055.319
    Abstract In this paper we study numerically the mechanical behaviour of wire ropes, particularly the influence of the geometrical configuration on the overall stiffness of the cables. Modelling the behaviour of a cable is a difficult problem, given the complexity of the geometrical layout, contact phenomena occurring among wires and possible yielding of the material. For this reason we pursue a "hierarchical beam approach", to substitute recursively, at each cabling stage, the bundle of wires with an equivalent single strand, having the characteristics computed from the previous level. We consider the first two levels of the bundle hierarchy and investigate the… More >

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