A review of predictive nonlinear theories for multiscale modeling of heterogeneous materials

K Matouš, MGD Geers, VG Kouznetsova… - Journal of Computational …, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the beginning of the industrial age, material performance and design have been in the
midst of innovation of many disruptive technologies. Today's electronics, space, medical …

Review and perspectives: shape memory alloy composite systems

BT Lester, T Baxevanis, Y Chemisky, DC Lagoudas - Acta Mechanica, 2015 - Springer
Following their discovery in the early 1960s, there has been a continuous quest for ways to
take advantage of the extraordinary properties of shape memory alloys (SMAs). These …

Homogenization methods and multiscale modeling: nonlinear problems

MGD Geers, VG Kouznetsova… - Encyclopedia of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This article focuses on computational multiscale methods for the mechanical response of
nonlinear heterogeneous materials. After a short historical note, a brief overview is given of …

[HTML][HTML] A finite element based orientation averaging method for predicting elastic properties of short fiber reinforced composites

SM Mirkhalaf, EH Eggels, TJH Van Beurden… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Short fiber reinforced composites have a variety of micro-structural parameters that affect
their macro-mechanical performance. A modeling methodology, capable of accommodating …

[HTML][HTML] An FE–DMN method for the multiscale analysis of short fiber reinforced plastic components

S Gajek, M Schneider, T Böhlke - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we propose a fully coupled multiscale strategy for components made from short
fiber reinforced composites, where each Gauss point of the macroscopic finite element …

On the micromechanics of deep material networks

S Gajek, M Schneider, T Böhlke - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigate deep material networks (DMNs), recently introduced by Liu et al.[Comput.
Method Appl. M., vol. 345, pp. 1138–1168, 2019], from the viewpoint of classical …

[HTML][HTML] An FE-based orientation averaging model for elasto-plastic behavior of short fiber composites

SM Mirkhalaf, TJH van Beurden, M Ekh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A new micro-mechanical model for predicting the non-linear elasto-plastic behavior of short
fiber reinforced composites is presented. The model is developed based on a two-step …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-fidelity data-driven model for highly accurate and computationally efficient modeling of short fiber composites

HL Cheung, M Mirkhalaf - Composites Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
To develop physics-based models and establish a structure–property relationship for short
fiber composites, there are a wide range of micro-structural properties to be considered. To …

Homogenization of elasto-(visco) plastic composites based on an incremental variational principle

L Brassart, L Stainier, I Doghri, L Delannay - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
An original approach is proposed in order to compute the homogenized response of
composite materials with elasto-(visco) plastic constituents. The formulation is based on an …

Rapid inverse calibration of a multiscale model for the viscoplastic and creep behavior of short fiber-reinforced thermoplastics based on Deep Material Networks

AP Dey, F Welschinger, M Schneider, S Gajek… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we propose to use deep material networks (DMNs) as a surrogate model for full-
field computational homogenization to inversely identify material parameters of constitutive …