Examinando por Materia "Elastic properties"

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    Geometry simplification of open-cell porous materials for elastic deformation FEA
    (SPRINGER, 2019-01-01) Cortés C.; Osorno M.; Uribe D.; Steeb H.; Ruiz-Salguero O.; Barandiarán I.; Flórez J.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica; Laboratorio CAD/CAM/CAE
    Estimation of mechanical properties of porous materials is central for their medical and industrial application. However, the massive size of accurate boundary representations (B-Rep) of the foams makes the numerical estimations intractable. Even for small domain sizes, the mesh generation for finite element analysis (FEA) may not terminate. Current efforts for simulating porous materials use statistical predictions of the material structure. The simulated and actual materials present different geometry and topology, with consequences on the simulation results. To overcome these limitations, this manuscript presents a method, which (1) synthesizes an accurate truss abstraction from the raw geometry data, (2) executes efficient FEA simulations, and (3) processes nodal displacements to estimate apparent mechanical moduli of the porous material. The method addresses materials whose ligaments have circular cross-sections. The iso-surface present in the Computer Tomography (CT) scan of the porous material is used to synthesize a truss graph whose edges are truncated cones. Then, optimization and simplification methods are applied to produce a topologically and geometrically correct truss representation for the foam domain. Comparative FEA load simulations are conducted between the full B-Rep and truss representations of the material. The truss model proves to be significantly more efficient for FEA, departing from the Full B-Rep FEA by a maximum of 16% in the estimation of equivalent mechanical moduli. Geometric assessments such as porosity and Hausdorff distance confirm that the truss abstraction is a cost-effective one. Ongoing efforts concentrate on point set geometric algorithms for enforcement of standardized material testing. © 2018 Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature
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    Zylerberg, 1985 Contributions of the layer topology and mineral content to the elastic modulus and strength of fish scales
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2018-02-01) Murcia, S.; Miyamoto, Y.; Varma, M.P.; Ossa, A.; Arola, D.
    Fish scales are an interesting natural structural material and their functionality requires both flexibility and toughness. Our previous studies identified that there are spatial variations in the elastic properties of fish scales corresponding to the anatomical regions, and that they appear to be attributed to changes in the microstructure. In the present study, a model is proposed that describes the elastic behavior of elasmoid fish scales in terms of the relative contributions of the limiting layer and both the internal and external elasmodine. The mechanical properties of scales from the Megalops atlanticus (i.e. tarpon) were characterized in tension and compared with predictions from the model. The average error between the predicted and the experimental properties was 7%. It was found that the gradient in mineral content and aspect ratio of the apatite crystals in the limiting layer played the most important roles on the elastic modulus of the scales. Furthermore, misalignment of plies in the external elasmodine from the longitudinal direction was shown to reduce the elastic modulus significantly. This is one approach for modulating the fish scale flexibility for a high mineral content that is required to increase the resistance to puncture. © 2017