Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

Title

Reduced-Order Multiscale-Multiphysics Model for Heterogeneous Materials

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

A unified coupled multiscale mechano-diffusion-reaction model of environmental degradation of polymer matrix composite (PMC) and ceramic matrix composite (CMC) is developed. The unified multiscalemultiphysics model couples multiple physical processes at multiple scales, including oxygen diffusion, oxidation, and deformation. The salient feature of the unified multiscalemultiphysics model is its computational efficiency accomplished through a systematic model reduced carried out prior to nonlinear analysis. The model has been validated for PMR-15 reinforced carbon fiber composite and melt infiltrated CMC-NASA N24A material system.

Publication Title

International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Volume

12

Issue

1

First Page

45

Last Page

64

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