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MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
Volume 160, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2021.103996
Keywords
Stress triaxiality; FCC truss lattice metamaterials; Microscopic localization; Shear band; Void coalescence
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- Leverhulme Trust through Research Grant Scheme, UK [RPG-2020-235]
- University of Nottingham
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This study investigates the effect of stress triaxiality on the failure mechanisms of an-isotropic perfect and imperfect planar FCC truss lattice metamaterials. Different types and levels of defects can lead to various modes of microscopic localization before failure, such as crushing band, shear band, and void coalescence. Distorted lattices are more prone to shear band localization, while missing lattices tend to fail due to void coalescence at high missing struts defect levels.
This study investigates the effect of stress triaxiality on the failure mechanisms of an-isotropic perfect and imperfect planar FCC (Face Centred Cubic) truss lattice metamaterials. Three types of imperfection have been considered in the numerical modelling, namely, distorted struts, missing struts, and strut diameter variation. In order to maintain constant stress triaxiality during the simulations, a novel numerical framework was developed to overcome computational difficulties within the existing numerical approaches beyond elastic region. Three modes of microscopic localization were observed in perfect and imperfect lattices before failure: crushing band, shear band and void coalescence. A clear separation exists between the three modes of localization depending upon the type and level of defects, as well as the stress triaxiality. Under compressive loading, all lattices fail owing to crushing band; the distorted lattices are prone to shear band localization with increase in distortion, whereas missing lattices majorly fail due to void coalescence at high missing struts defect. Strut diameter variation, within the range of the strut diameters selected, shows no significant influence on the macroscopic mechanical response and strain localization. This work may open the door for predicting failure mechanisms of imperfect lattices under variety of loading conditions.
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