Thermoelastic properties of microcracked polycrystals. Part I: Adequacy of Fourier-based methods for cracked elastic bodies

This study is part of a work dedicated to predicting the overall thermoelastic properties of microcracked polycrystals. In the present part, the suitability of Fourier-based methods to estimate the mechanical response of a homogeneous body containing cracks is explored. The effect of the Green opera...

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Published in:International journal of solids and structures 2018-12, Vol.155, p.248-256
Main Authors: Gasnier, Jean-Baptiste, Willot, François, Trumel, Hervé, Jeulin, Dominique, Besson, Jacques
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adequacy
Cracked media
Cracks
Discretization
Elastic bodies
Elasticity
Engineering Sciences
Finite element analysis
Fourier analysis
Fourier-based Methods
Homogenization
Materials
Mechanical analysis
Microcracks
Polycrystals
Thermoelastic properties
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Summary:This study is part of a work dedicated to predicting the overall thermoelastic properties of microcracked polycrystals. In the present part, the suitability of Fourier-based methods to estimate the mechanical response of a homogeneous body containing cracks is explored. The effect of the Green operator’s discretization on the local elastic fields surrounding the crack’s tip is investigated and compared with exact and finite elements solutions. The biases inherent to the Fourier method, namely the effects of grid discretization and crack orientation relative to the grid, are scrutinized. A way to quantify and overcome these biases is given, therefore providing a low resource demanding method to deal with thousands of microcracks embedded in a polycrystal, object of the companion paper.
ISSN:0020-7683
1879-2146
DOI:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.07.024