Three-Dimensional Micromechanical Finite-Element Network Model for Elastic Damage Behavior of Idealized Stone-Based Composite Materials
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 137, Issue 6
Abstract
This paper presents a three-dimensional (3D) micromechanical finite-element (FE) network model for predicting elastic damage behavior of the idealized stone-based materials. Stone-based composite materials have multiphase structures: an aggregate (or stone) skeleton, a binding medium, fillers, and air voids. Numerical simulation of the micromechanical behavior of the idealized stone-based materials was accomplished by using a microframe element network model that incorporated the mechanical load transfer between adjacent particles. The elastic stiffness matrix of this special element was obtained from an approximate elastic stress-strain analysis of straight cement between particle pairs. A damage-coupled microframe element was then formulated with bilinear damage laws, including elastic and softening behavior based on the equivalent fracture release energy. Indirect tension and compression simulations were conducted with developed FE models on the idealized digital samples of the stone-based materials. These simulations predicted the internal microdamage distribution and global fracture behavior of these samples, which qualitatively agree with the laboratory observations. The results indicate that the developed FE models have the capability to predict the typical loading-related damage behavior observed from the stone-based materials.
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Acknowledgments
The support of this research by the National Science Foundation under grants NSF0701264, NSF0900015, and NSF0900582 is gratefully appreciated. The author would like to acknowledge the discussions with Dr. Martin H. Sadd at the University of Rhode Island on the formulation of the elastic stiffness matrix for 3D microframe elements. The author is also thankful for the help of Dr. Zhanping You and Mr. Shu Wei Goh at Michigan Technological University on the lab testing of asphalt mastic and asphalt mixture specimens.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 137 • Issue 6 • June 2011
Pages: 410 - 421
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Received: Dec 3, 2008
Accepted: Oct 19, 2010
Published online: Nov 20, 2010
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