@inproceedings{74d873801ae6438ab42fc822d56303ca,
title = "NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF MICROSCALE CRACK PROPAGATION IN GLASS-EPOXY COMPOSITES USING DISCRETE FIBRES, MATRIX AND INTERFACE",
abstract = "The material behaviour of an E-glass-fibre-reinforced epoxy is modelled on the microscale with discrete fibres, matrix and interface to predict the crack initiation and propagation process. Therefore, statistically relevant representative volume elements (RVEs) are generated using an adapted algorithm. An RVE fulfils periodicity in its geometry, mesh and its boundary conditions. Advanced material models are used for the matrix (Drucker-Prager plasticity with triaxiality-dependent damage) and the interfaces (Cohesive Zone Modelling). The model is calibrated with experimental data. The crack propagation is simulated for a tough and a brittle fibre-matrix interface. The results are considered qualitatively feasible.",
keywords = "Abaqus, Crack Propagation, Finite Elements, GFRP, Microscale Simulation",
author = "Alexander Seidel and Anastasiia Khudiakova and Dennis Bublitz and Klaus Drechsler",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright}2022 Seidel et al.; 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022 ; Conference date: 26-06-2022 Through 30-06-2022",
year = "2022",
language = "English",
series = "ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability",
publisher = "Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)",
pages = "9--16",
editor = "Vassilopoulos, {Anastasios P.} and Veronique Michaud",
booktitle = "Modeling and Prediction",
}