Two Strategies Towards Geometrically Non-Linear Isotropic Gradient Damage
Two Strategies Towards Geometrically Non-Linear Isotropic Gradient Damage
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解决几何非线性各向同性梯度损伤的两种策略
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2002
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P. Steinmann
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T. Liebe;P. Steinmann
The paper presents a comparison of two different approaches towards geometrically non-linear isotropic gradient damage. The driving force in local theory, namely the local stored energy, is modified to a quasi-nonlocal quantity in order to take micro defect interactions into account. This quasi-nonlocal quantity enters the damage condition as well as the update of the history variable. By the determination of particular constitutive relations for the damage flux, two different approaches are outlined: on the one hand an averaging scheme and on the other hand a thermodynamically motivated strategy. Firstly, we consider the so-called Energy Gradient Formulation, where the nonlocal stored energy (NSE) is introduced as an independent variable and fluxes conjugated to the gradients of the NSE are computed rendering a global averaging equation. The second model, the Damage Gradient Formulation, treats the damage field as an independent variable and fluxes conjugated to the gradient of the damage field are computed. By following the concept of maximum dissipation, global Kuhn-Tucker conditions are derived. Finally as a model problem, a ld-bar under tension is studied for both approaches. INTRODUCTION Standard continuum damage formulations model material deterioration processes classically within a local framework. As a simple measure of elastic degradation, accepting the physical interpretation as stress175 Vol. 13, Nos. 3-4, 2002 Isotropic Gradient Damage bearing area reduction, it is sufficient to consider isotropic damage, see Simo and Ju (1987). It dates back to the early concept of Kachanov (1958) characterized by a scalar damage variable. When applying local continuum formulations, the microstructural interactions are neglected, which computationally results in pathological mesh dependent numerical solutions upon mesh refinement. This renders physically meaningless results which are displayed in a vanishing localized zone. Localization represents the accumulation of damage within narrow bands due to discontinuous failure, see Rice (1976) and Rizzi et al. (1994). In fact, at the continuum level localization denotes a transition from a homogeneous strain field to a non-homogeneous strain field in terms of Hadamards instability classification. The localization mechanism is favored by strain softening, see Delaplace et al. (1996), which is a result of inhomogeneities on the micro scale. Experimental investigations of a strain softening approach were carried out by Kongshavn and Poursartip (1999). Thereby localized zones, which often form a precursor to the final rupture of the material, display a finite width. Thus, in summary, standard continuum descriptions and in particular the corresponding numerical solution schemes fail to obtain such a finite width, whereas it is observed in experiments. Therefore, a recent development in continuum damage mechanics is the introduction of a characteristic internal length scale. Within this scale the material still acts homogeneously and accounts for microstructural interactions resulting in a non-standard (nonlocal) continuum theory. The incorporation of higher gradients of those quantities which are responsible for softening thereby offers a very effective strategy. For more trends, needs and accomplishments in damage mechanics, see Krajcinovic (2000). From a physical point of view, the incorporation of higher gradients was first motivated in plasticity by considering dislocations in single crystals by Aifantis (1984; 1992) and recently, from an alternative point of view, by Steinmann (1996) and Menzel and Steinmann (2000). In this context, the consideration of gradients of higher order in the yield condition has been proposed by Zbib and Aifantis (1992). One dimensional investigations on a higher gradient continuum were performed, e.g. by Schreyer and Chen (1986). Nonlocal integral formulations of continuum damage were proposed by Pijaudier-Cabot and Baiant (1987) and Baiant and Pijaudier-Cabot (1988). Lasry and Belytschko (1988) coined the notion of localization limiters. A variational framework for gradient plasticity was proposed by Mllhlhaus and Aifantis (1991); a corresponding gradient theory of phenomenological plasticity was developed by de Borst and Mühlhaus (1992). The application of a higher gradient formulation to granular materials was examined by Vardoulakis and Aifantis (1991). Motivated by experiments performed by Fleck et al. (1994) on thin copper wires, Fleck and Hutchinson (1993) proposed an alternative theory which takes the gradient of the continuum rotation into account. The well-posedness of the initial boundary value was studied by Benallal et al. (1993). Gradient dependent damage as well as plasticity models, whereby the gradient dependence is essentially incorporated in the loading surface by the Laplacian of an internal variable, were treated by de Borst et al. (1996), Benallal and Tvergaard (1995) and, most recently, by Comi (2001) in addition to her earlier papers. A particular strain gradient plasticity formulation is advocated by Fleck and Hutchinson (1997). Finally a coupled elastoplastic-damage model including the gradient of damage is proposed by Nedjar (2001).