A model for predicting the multiscale crack growth due to an impact in heterogeneous viscoelastic solids Academic Article

abstract

• A two-scale model for predicting the multiple crack growth in viscoelastic solids due to an impact is presented. The cracks are considered only at the local scale through the use of a micromechanical viscoelastic cohesive zone model. The multiscale model has been implemented in a finite-element code. In order to minimize the computation time, the local finite-element meshes are solved in parallel by multiple processors. An example problem is given in order to demonstrate the capabilities of the model. 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.

authors

• Allen, David

published proceedings

• Mechanics of Composite Materials

author list (cited authors)

• Souza, F. V., & Allen, D. H.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Souza, FV||Allen, DH

publication date

• January 2009

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Mechanics of Composite Materials  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s11029-009-9077-6

start page

• 145

end page

• 152

volume

• 45

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11029-009-9077-6