Multiscale, three-dimensional characterization of shock absorption in lightweight fibre reinforced cementitious systems

防护系统的发展不仅仅取决于上级强度，还取决于耗散能量和吸收冲击的机制的组合。 战略夹杂物，如轻质固体和离散的钢筋是已知的局部失败，并在此过程中，限制结构损坏。不幸的是，由于它们的异质性和组成特性的多样性，评估这些系统中的能量分散的测试仍然主要是宏观的，并且组件尺度之间的固有断开限制了材料建模。拟议的研究计划将开发一个多尺度模型来预测轻质纤维增强水泥基复合材料中的载荷率效应，并具体实现：i）此类系统中能量耗散机制的2-D和3-D量化; ii）微观，中观和宏观尺度下的回弹描述符的实验评估; iii）此类高性能系统中高应变率敏感性的预测本构建模。

The development of protective systems depends not so much on superior strength alone, but on a combination of mechanisms which dissipate energy and absorb shock. Strategic inclusions such as lightweight solids and discrete reinforcement are known to fail locally and in the process, limit structural damage. Unfortunately, due to their heterogeneous nature and diversity in constituent properties, the tests that evaluate energy dispersion in these systems remain mostly macroscopic and the inherent disconnect between component scale has limited material modeling. The proposed research program will develop a multi-scale model to predict load rate effects in lightweight, fibre reinforced cementitious composites and specifically accomplish: i) 2-D and 3-D quantification of energy dissipating mechanisms in such systems; ii) experimental evaluation of their resilience descriptors at micro, meso and macro-scale; iii) predictive constitutive modeling of high strain rate sensitivity in such high performing systems.