How is damage defined in Abaqus?

How is damage defined in Abaqus?

You use the Edit Material dialog box to specify material damage initiation criteria and associated damage evolution. Once an initiation criterion is met, Abaqus applies the associated damage evolution law to determine the material degradation.

What is damage evolution in Abaqus?

Damage evolution. The damage evolution definition defines how the material degrades after one or more damage initiation criteria are met. Multiple forms of damage evolution may act on a material at the same time—one for each damage initiation criterion that was defined.

What is hashin damage?

The Hashin damage model predicts anisotropic damage in elastic-brittle materials. It is primarily intended for use with fiber-reinforced composite materials and takes into account four different failure modes: fiber tension, fiber compression, matrix tension, and matrix compression.

How is stress Triaxiality calculated in Abaqus?

Stress triaxiality, η=−p/q η = – p / q (available in Abaqus/Standard only in conjunction with damage initiation).

What is damage initiation?

The damage initiation is defined by the value of plastic equivalent strain. From: Creep and Fatigue in Polymer Matrix Composites (Second Edition), 2019.

What is damage model?

Damage Models. Damage Models. The deformation of quasi-brittle materials under mechanical loads is characterized by an initial elastic deformation. If a critical level of stress or strain is exceeded, a nonlinear fracture phase will follow the elastic phase.

What is damage evolution?

The damage evolution definition defines how the material degrades after one or more damage initiation criteria are met. Multiple forms of damage evolution may act on a material at the same time—one for each damage initiation criterion that was defined.

What is hashin failure criteria?

The Hashin criterion identifies four different modes of failure for the composite material: tensile fiber failure, compressive fiber failure, tensile matrix failure, and compressive matrix failure.

How do you calculate Triaxiality of stress?

8.9. The stress triaxiality is defined by mean stress divided by equivalent stress. As shown in this figure, the equivalent plastic strain at damage initiation decreases with an increase in stress triaxiality, which indicates dilatational stress damage.

What is stress triaxiality in Abaqus?

Stress Triaxiality is defined as the ratio of (HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE OR MEAN STRESS) to the EQUIVALENT STRESS. When I check the abaqus field output variables this option is available but only in the recent versions (6.8 & 6.9).

How do you calculate fracture strain?

Percent Elongation – The strain at fracture in tension, expressed as a percentage = ((final gage length – initial gage length)/ initial gage length) x 100. Percent elongation is a measure of ductility.

What is ductile damage?

Ductile damage in metallic materials is caused by the nucleation, growth and coalesce of voids and micro-cracks in the metal matrix when it is subjected to plastic strain.

What is damage initiation in Abaqus?

Damage Initiation. Damage initiation refers to the onset of degradation at a material point. In ABAQUS the damage initiation criteria for fiber reinforced composites are based on Hashin’s theory (see Hashin and Rotem, 1973, and Hashin, 1980).

Damage initiation refers to the onset of degradation at a material point. In Abaqus the damage initiation criteria for fiber-reinforced composites are based on Hashin’s theory (see Hashin and Rotem, 1973, and Hashin, 1980 ).

How does Abaqus predict early failure under bending deformation?

To avoid the prediction of early failure under bending deformation, Abaqus evaluates the FLD criterion using the strains at the midplane through the thickness of the element.

How do you calculate triaxiality in Abaqus?

Stress triaxiality, η=−p/q η = – p / q (available in Abaqus/Standard only in conjunction with damage initiation). All damage initiation criteria components listed below. Johnson-Cook damage initiation criterion (available only in Abaqus/Explicit ).