#6703. A computational framework for homogenization and multiscale stability analyses of nonlinear periodic materials

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Abstract:
This article presents a consistent computational framework for multiscale first-order finite strain homogenization and stability analyses of rate-independent solids with periodic microstructures. The homogenization formulation is built on a priori discretized microstructure, and algorithms for computing the matrix representations of the homogenized stresses and tangent moduli are consistently derived. The homogenization results lose their validity at the onset of first bifurcation, which can be computed from multiscale stability analysis. The multiscale instabilities include: (a) microscale structural instability calculated by Bloch wave analysis; and (b) macroscale material instability calculated by rank-1 convexity checks on the homogenized tangent moduli. Implementation details of the Bloch wave analysis are provided, including the selection of wave vector space and the retrieval of real-valued buckling mode from complex-valued Bloch wave. Three methods are detailed for solving the resulted constrained eigenvalue problem—two condensation methods and a null-space projection method. Both the homogenization and stability analyses are verified using numerical examples including hyperelastic and elastoplastic periodic materials. Various microscale buckling phenomena are demonstrated. Aligned with theoretical results, the numerical results show that the microscopic long wavelength buckling can be equivalently detected by the loss of rank-1 convexity of the homogenized tangent moduli.
Keywords:
Bloch wave analysis; multiscale stability; nonlinear homogenization; null-space projection method; periodic materials

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