An adaptive floating node based formulation for the analysis of multiple delaminations under high cycle fatigue loading

Journal article (2022)

Authors

Guillem Gall Trabal Aalborg University
Brian Lau Verndal Bak Aalborg University
B. Y. Chen Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics - Aerospace Engineering
Laura Carreras Aalborg University
Esben Lindgaard Aalborg University
Research Group
Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics (Aerospace Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 Guillem Gall Trabal, Brian Lau Verndal Bak, B. Y. Chen, Laura Carreras, Esben Lindgaard
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107036
Fatigue Delamination Cohesive Zone Modeling Multiple delamination Adaptive refinement Floating Node Method
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Department

Aerospace Structures & Materials

Research Group

Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics

Abstract

A novel efficient numerical formulation for the analysis of multiple fatigue-driven delamination cracks is presented. A cohesive zone model is used in combination with an Adaptive Refinement Scheme (ARS) and an Adaptive Floating Node Method (A-FNM) element that refine the model effectively during the analysis. Novel techniques are proposed to track the positions of multiple crack tips and calculate the mode decomposed energy release rates for the individual crack tips using the J-integral. The method has been implemented in a Matlab finite element code and validated with single and multiple delamination cases with varying mode mixities. Comparisons with theoretically based predictions and available experimental data showcase the high accuracy of the method. The presented method lowers the computational time compared to standard, fully refined finite element models by a factor of 4–5.