A Mecânica do Dano Contínuo (MDC) teve importante desenvolvimento desde os trabalhos iniciais de Kachanov e Rabotnov sendo uma ferramenta prática para considerar processos de danificação em materiais e estruturas em nível de contínuo macroscópico. Neste trabalho, apresenta-se uma aplicação da teoria do dano anisotrópico baseada em teorias desenvolvidas a partir dos trabalhos de Murakami. Nas formulações apresentadas, o tensor de dano de quarta ordem M (que relaciona tensões aplicadas e tensões efetivas) é determinado com base no tensor Ω (densidade de área tridimensional devida ao dano) que, por sua vez, pode ser determinado com base em dados experimentais. São propostas três formulações teóricas que são transformadas em formulações incrementais e incorporadas em um programa computacional de elementos finitos (para placas e cascas laminadas em material compósito) que considera efeitos geométricos não-lineares. A primeira e segunda formulação são casos particulares da terceira formulação que é um modelo termodinâmico tridimensional. As forças termodinâmicas associadas à evolução do tensor de dano são deduzidas a partir da expressão da dissipação intrínseca. Um critério fenomenológico para o dano é proposto. Em consistência com a positividade da dissipação intrínseca é adotada uma regra de normalidade para a evolução da força termodinâmica. Também é proposta, baseada em dados experimentais, uma lei para o encruamento associada ao processo de dano. Os modelos são validados comparando resultados numéricos a soluções analíticas ou a resultados experimentais. A formulação viscoelástica é definida do dano elástico e por componentes viscoelásticas representadas no formato de variáveis de estado e, posteriormente, validadas através de resultados experimentais. / The Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) had important development since the initial works of Kachanov and Rabotnov and constitutes now a practical tool to account for macroscopic damage in materials and structures. In this work, an application of an anisotropic damage theory based in Murakami theory is presented. In the formulations presented here, the fourth order damage tensor M (that relates Cauchy stress and effective stress) is determined on the basis of the tensor Ω (damaged three-dimensional area density) that, can be determined through experimental data. The three theoretical formulations presented here are transformed into incremental formulations and implemented in a finite element program (for plates and shell structures in composite material) taking account of geometrically non-linear effects. The first and second formulations are particular cases of the third formularization that is a tridimensional model for continuous damage formulated. The thermodynamic force associated with the evolution of the damage tensor is deduced from the expression of the intrinsic dissipation. A phenomenological criterion for damage yielding is proposed. In consistence with the positivity of the intrinsic dissipation, a normality rule is adopted for the evolution of the thermodynamic force. In addition, a hardening law associated with the damage process is identified from available experiment results. The models are validated by comparison with closed-form solutions or with experiment results. The viscoelastic formulation is defined through damage elastic and viscous components and set in a state variables format and then validated by comparison with experimental creep tests.

A Mecânica do Dano Contínuo (MDC) teve importante desenvolvimento desde os trabalhos iniciais de Kachanov e Rabotnov sendo uma ferramenta prática para considerar processos de danificação em materiais e estruturas em nível de contínuo macroscópico. Neste trabalho, apresenta-se uma aplicação da teoria do dano anisotrópico baseada em teorias desenvolvidas a partir dos trabalhos de Murakami. Nas formulações apresentadas, o tensor de dano de quarta ordem M (que relaciona tensões aplicadas e tensões efetivas) é determinado com base no tensor Ω (densidade de área tridimensional devida ao dano) que, por sua vez, pode ser determinado com base em dados experimentais. São propostas três formulações teóricas que são transformadas em formulações incrementais e incorporadas em um programa computacional de elementos finitos (para placas e cascas laminadas em material compósito) que considera efeitos geométricos não-lineares. A primeira e segunda formulação são casos particulares da terceira formulação que é um modelo termodinâmico tridimensional. As forças termodinâmicas associadas à evolução do tensor de dano são deduzidas a partir da expressão da dissipação intrínseca. Um critério fenomenológico para o dano é proposto. Em consistência com a positividade da dissipação intrínseca é adotada uma regra de normalidade para a evolução da força termodinâmica. Também é proposta, baseada em dados experimentais, uma lei para o encruamento associada ao processo de dano. Os modelos são validados comparando resultados numéricos a soluções analíticas ou a resultados experimentais. A formulação viscoelástica é definida do dano elástico e por componentes viscoelásticas representadas no formato de variáveis de estado e, posteriormente, validadas através de resultados experimentais. / The Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) had important development since the initial works of Kachanov and Rabotnov and constitutes now a practical tool to account for macroscopic damage in materials and structures. In this work, an application of an anisotropic damage theory based in Murakami theory is presented. In the formulations presented here, the fourth order damage tensor M (that relates Cauchy stress and effective stress) is determined on the basis of the tensor Ω (damaged three-dimensional area density) that, can be determined through experimental data. The three theoretical formulations presented here are transformed into incremental formulations and implemented in a finite element program (for plates and shell structures in composite material) taking account of geometrically non-linear effects. The first and second formulations are particular cases of the third formularization that is a tridimensional model for continuous damage formulated. The thermodynamic force associated with the evolution of the damage tensor is deduced from the expression of the intrinsic dissipation. A phenomenological criterion for damage yielding is proposed. In consistence with the positivity of the intrinsic dissipation, a normality rule is adopted for the evolution of the thermodynamic force. In addition, a hardening law associated with the damage process is identified from available experiment results. The models are validated by comparison with closed-form solutions or with experiment results. The viscoelastic formulation is defined through damage elastic and viscous components and set in a state variables format and then validated by comparison with experimental creep tests.

A Mecânica do Dano Contínuo (MDC) teve importante desenvolvimento desde os trabalhos iniciais de Kachanov e Rabotnov sendo uma ferramenta prática para considerar processos de danificação em materiais e estruturas em nível de contínuo macroscópico. Neste trabalho, apresenta-se uma aplicação da teoria do dano anisotrópico baseada em teorias desenvolvidas a partir dos trabalhos de Murakami. Nas formulações apresentadas, o tensor de dano de quarta ordem M (que relaciona tensões aplicadas e tensões efetivas) é determinado com base no tensor Ω (densidade de área tridimensional devida ao dano) que, por sua vez, pode ser determinado com base em dados experimentais. São propostas três formulações teóricas que são transformadas em formulações incrementais e incorporadas em um programa computacional de elementos finitos (para placas e cascas laminadas em material compósito) que considera efeitos geométricos não-lineares. A primeira e segunda formulação são casos particulares da terceira formulação que é um modelo termodinâmico tridimensional. As forças termodinâmicas associadas à evolução do tensor de dano são deduzidas a partir da expressão da dissipação intrínseca. Um critério fenomenológico para o dano é proposto. Em consistência com a positividade da dissipação intrínseca é adotada uma regra de normalidade para a evolução da força termodinâmica. Também é proposta, baseada em dados experimentais, uma lei para o encruamento associada ao processo de dano. Os modelos são validados comparando resultados numéricos a soluções analíticas ou a resultados experimentais. A formulação viscoelástica é definida do dano elástico e por componentes viscoelásticas representadas no formato de variáveis de estado e, posteriormente, validadas através de resultados experimentais. / The Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) had important development since the initial works of Kachanov and Rabotnov and constitutes now a practical tool to account for macroscopic damage in materials and structures. In this work, an application of an anisotropic damage theory based in Murakami theory is presented. In the formulations presented here, the fourth order damage tensor M (that relates Cauchy stress and effective stress) is determined on the basis of the tensor Ω (damaged three-dimensional area density) that, can be determined through experimental data. The three theoretical formulations presented here are transformed into incremental formulations and implemented in a finite element program (for plates and shell structures in composite material) taking account of geometrically non-linear effects. The first and second formulations are particular cases of the third formularization that is a tridimensional model for continuous damage formulated. The thermodynamic force associated with the evolution of the damage tensor is deduced from the expression of the intrinsic dissipation. A phenomenological criterion for damage yielding is proposed. In consistence with the positivity of the intrinsic dissipation, a normality rule is adopted for the evolution of the thermodynamic force. In addition, a hardening law associated with the damage process is identified from available experiment results. The models are validated by comparison with closed-form solutions or with experiment results. The viscoelastic formulation is defined through damage elastic and viscous components and set in a state variables format and then validated by comparison with experimental creep tests.

Als Großdemonstrator des Sonderforschungsbereichs 532 soll auf dem Gelände der Fakultät für Bauingenieurwesen der RWTH Aachen ein Ausstellungspavillon mit einer Dachkonstruktion aus Textilbeton errichtet werden. Der Beitrag zeigt die automatisierte Bemessung dieser komplexen Tragstruktur mit Hilfe eines hierfür entwickelten numerischen Bemessungsstools. Die Auswertung erfolgt für alle Lastfallkombinationen nach DIN 1055-100 und unter Berücksichtigung der Reduktion der Tragfähigkeit der textilen Bewehrung infolge einer Umlenkung im Riss sowie einer Erhöhung der aufnehmbaren Textilspannungen infolge Biegebeanspruchung. Zur Ermittlung der Tragfähigkeit der Textilbetonschale wurden am Institut für Massivbau Dehnkörper- und Biegeversuche durchgeführt, die in Bewehrungsgrad und Dicke dem realen Bauwerk am Schalenrand entsprachen. / Within the collaborate research center 532 at RWTH Aachen University the construction of an exposition hall with a double-curved roof structure consisting of textile reinforced concrete is currently planned. A numerical tool has been developed to calculate the necessary number of reinforcement layers. Further, the tool evaluates the characteristic stresses of the load case combinations in the ultimate limit state taking into account a reduction of the load-bearing capacity of the textile reinforcement due to alignment of the rovings in the crack bridge and a better activation of the inner filaments for bending induced tension. The resistance of the material has been determined in experimental investigations of tensile and bending specimens of the same thickness and reinforcement ratio as the planned shell structure.

Le matériau composite agrégataire énergétique étudié a un comportement viscoélastique endommageable sensible à la pression de confinement et à la température. Ces travaux concernent la modélisation de l'anisotropie induite par endommagement avec deux objectifs principaux. Dans un premier temps, le caractère anisotrope de l'endommagement est mis en évidence expérimentalement. Des essais alternant tension et compression permettant d'observer l'effet unilatéral d'endommagement. Ensuite, un modèle de comportement est développé pour le matériau d'étude. Des modèles pertinents sont tout d'abord comparés. Le modèle le plus approprié est ensuite amélioré par l'ajout de mécanismes d'endommagement, d'effectivité du dommage et d'un mécanisme de plasticité. Les données expérimentales sont utilisées pour identifier les paramètres du modèle. Ce dernier a été ensuite implémenté dans un logiciel de calcul aux éléments finis (Abaqus / standard) sous la forme d'une procédure Fortran (UMAT). Différents types de chargements sont simulés et confrontés aux résultats expérimentaux. / An explosive aggregate material exhibits a visco-elastic behaviour with damage, internal friction and sensitivity to the confining pressure and temperature. This thesis focuses on the anisotropic elastic damage with unilateral effect. The first aim of this study is to highlight experimentally the anisotropic nature of the damage. Then, a new model is proposed for the studied material. This is achieved using a comparison of some relevant models in order to select the most appropriate among them. The selected model is then improved by adding unilateral effect mechanisms and plasticity. Experimental data is used to characterize the material behaviour and to determine the parameters of improved model. This model has been implemented in the finite element software (Abaqus / Standard) using Fortran procedure (UMAT) and then tested for different loads and compared with experimental results.

any experiments demonstrate that isotropic ductile materials used in engineering applications develop anisotropic damage and shows significant variation in elongation to failure. This anisotropic damage is manifest by material microstructural heterogeneities and morphological changes during deformation. The variation in elongation to the failure could be attributed to the uncertainties in the material microstructure and loading conditions. To study this deformation induced anisotropy arising from the initial material heterogeneities, we first performed uncertainty analysis using current form on an internal state variable plasticity and isotropic damage model (Bammann, 1984; Horstemeyer, 2001) to quantify the effect due to variations in material microstructure and loading conditions on elongation to failure. We extend the current isotropic damage form of theory into an anisotropic damage form for ductile material in which material heterogeneities are introduced based on damage distribution functions converted into a damage tensor of second rank. The outcome of this research is a physically motivated, uncertainty-based, anisotropic damage constitutive model that links microstructural features to mechanical properties. This was accomplished by pursuing three sub goals: (1) develop and quantify uncertainty related to material heterogeneities, (2) develop a methodology related to a higher order tensorial rank of damage for void nucleation and void growth, and (3) integrate thermodynamically constrained damage with a rate dependent plasticity constitutive material model. Later, we also proposed a new ISV theory that physically and strongly couples deformation due to damage-related internal defects to metal plasticity.

Als Großdemonstrator des Sonderforschungsbereichs 532 soll auf dem Gelände der Fakultät für Bauingenieurwesen der RWTH Aachen ein Ausstellungspavillon mit einer Dachkonstruktion aus Textilbeton errichtet werden. Der Beitrag zeigt die automatisierte Bemessung dieser komplexen Tragstruktur mit Hilfe eines hierfür entwickelten numerischen Bemessungsstools. Die Auswertung erfolgt für alle Lastfallkombinationen nach DIN 1055-100 und unter Berücksichtigung der Reduktion der Tragfähigkeit der textilen Bewehrung infolge einer Umlenkung im Riss sowie einer Erhöhung der aufnehmbaren Textilspannungen infolge Biegebeanspruchung. Zur Ermittlung der Tragfähigkeit der Textilbetonschale wurden am Institut für Massivbau Dehnkörper- und Biegeversuche durchgeführt, die in Bewehrungsgrad und Dicke dem realen Bauwerk am Schalenrand entsprachen. / Within the collaborate research center 532 at RWTH Aachen University the construction of an exposition hall with a double-curved roof structure consisting of textile reinforced concrete is currently planned. A numerical tool has been developed to calculate the necessary number of reinforcement layers. Further, the tool evaluates the characteristic stresses of the load case combinations in the ultimate limit state taking into account a reduction of the load-bearing capacity of the textile reinforcement due to alignment of the rovings in the crack bridge and a better activation of the inner filaments for bending induced tension. The resistance of the material has been determined in experimental investigations of tensile and bending specimens of the same thickness and reinforcement ratio as the planned shell structure.

Der Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Simulation von Betonstrukturen beliebiger Geometrie unter überwiegender Zugbelastung. Die Modellierung erfolgt auf Makroebene als Kontinuum und zur Lösung des mechanischen Feldproblems wird die Finite-Elemente-Methode verwendet. Ein neues Materialmodell für Beton und eine Erweiterung der Bruchenergetischen Regularisierung werden vorgestellt. Die Arbeit ist in zwei Teile gegliedert. Im ersten Teil wird ein lokales, anisotropes Schädigungsmodell abgeleitet, wobei als Schädigungsvariable ein symmetrischer Tensor zweiter Stufe gewählt wird. Die Verwendung einer Normalenregel im Raum der dissipativen Kräfte zur Bestimmung der Schädigungsevolution und die Definition der Schädigungsgrenzflächen im Raum der dissipativen Kräfte gewährleisten die Gültigkeit der Hauptsätze der Thermodynamik und des Prinzips der maximalen Dissipationsrate. Vorteilhaft ist die Symmetrie der Materialtangente, die sich aus diesem Vorgehen ergibt. Eine Formulierung mit drei entkoppelten Schädigungsgrenzflächen wird vorgeschlagen. Eine wichtige Forderung bei der Ableitung des Materialmodells war die Verwendung einer möglichst geringen Anzahl von Materialparametern, welche darüber hinaus aus wenigen Standardversuchen bestimmbar sein sollten. Das Schädigungsmodell enthält als Materialparameter den Elastizitätsmodul, die Querdehnzahl, die Zugfestigkeit und die auf eine Einheitsfläche bezogene Bruchenergie. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit stehen Lokalisierung und Regularisierung im Fokus der Betrachtungen. Aufgrund der lokalen Formulierung des Materialmodells tritt bei Finite-Elemente Simulationen eine Netzabhängigkeit der Simulationsergebnisse auf. Um dieser Problematik zu begegnen und netzunabhängige Simulationen zu erreichen, werden Regularisierungstechniken angewendet. In dieser Arbeit wird die Bruchenergetische Regularisierung eingesetzt, die durch die Einführung einer äquivalenten Breite in ein lokal formuliertes Stoffgesetz gekennzeichnet ist. Die spezielle Wahl eines Wertes für die äquivalente Breite beruht auf der Forderung, dass in der Simulation die korrekte Bruchenergie je Einheitsfläche für den Bruchprozess verbraucht wird, d.h. die Energiedissipation der Realität entspricht. In vorliegender Arbeit wird die neue These aufgestellt, dass die Energiedissipation nur für den Fall korrekt abgebildet wird, wenn die im Stoffgesetz enthaltene äquivalente Breite in jedem Belastungsinkrement der Breite des Bereiches entspricht, in dem in der Simulation Energie dissipiert wird. In einer Simulation wird in den Bereichen Energie dissipiert, in denen die Schädigung im aktuellen Belastungsinkrement zunimmt. In vorliegender Arbeit werden die energiedissipierenden Bereiche daher als Pfad der Schädigungsrate bezeichnet. Um Erkenntnisse über die Entwicklung des Pfades der Schädigungsrate über den Belastungsverlauf zu erhalten, wurden umfangreiche Untersuchungen anhand von Simulationen eines beidseitig gekerbten Betonprobekörpers unter kombinierter Zug-Schubbeanspruchung durchgeführt, wobei die gewählten Werte für die äquivalente Breite variiert wurden. Es wurde stets eine Diskretisierung mit linearen Verschiebungselementen verwendet, wobei die Bereiche mit zu erwartender Schädigung feiner und regelmäßig mit Elementen quadratischer Geometrie diskretisiert wurden. Die Ergebnisse der Untersuchungen zeigen, dass die Breite des Pfades der Schädigungsrate abhängig ist von der Schädigung am betrachteten Materialpunkt, dem von Schädigungsrichtung und Elementkante eingeschlossenen Winkel, der Elementgröße und den Materialparametern. Um die geforderte Übereinstimmung von äquivalenter Breite und der Breite des Pfades der Schädigungsrate zu erreichen, werden neue Ansätze für die äquivalente Breite vorgeschlagen, die die erwähnten Einflüsse berücksichtigen. Simulationen unter Verwendung der neuen Ansätze für die äquivalente Breite führen zu einer guten Übereinstimmung von äquivalenter Breite und der Breite des Pfades der Schädigungsrate in der Simulation. Die Ergebnisse der Simulationen, wie z.B. Last-Verformungsbeziehung und Rissverläufe, sind netzunabhängig und stimmen gut mit den experimentellen Beobachtungen überein. Basierend auf den gewonnenen Erkenntnissen wird eine Erweiterung der Bruchenergetischen Regularisierung vorgeschlagen: die Adaptive Bruchenergetische Regularisierung. Im abschließenden Kapitel der Arbeit werden mit der vorgeschlagenen Theorie, dem neuen Schädigungsmodell und der Adaptiven Bruchenergetischen Regularisierung, noch zwei in der Literatur gut dokumentierte Versuche simuliert. Die Simulationsergebnisse entsprechen den experimentellen Beobachtungen. / This doctoral thesis deals with the simulation of predominantly tensile loaded plain concrete structures. Concrete is modeled on the macro level and the Finite Element Method is applied to solve the resulting mechanical field problem. A new material model for concrete based on continuum damage mechanics and an extended regularization technique based on the fracture energy approach are presented. The thesis is subdivided into two parts. In the first part, a local, anisotropic damage model for concrete is derived. This model uses a symmetric second-order tensor as the damage variable, which enables the simulation of orthotropic degradation. The validity of the first and the second law of thermodynamics as well as the validity of the principle of maximum dissipation rate are required. Using a normal rule in the space of the dissipative forces, which are the thermodynamically conjugated variables to the damage variables, and the definition of the loading functions in the space of the dissipative forces guarantee their validity. The suggested formulation contains three decoupled loading functions. A further requirement in the derivation of the model was the minimization of the number of material parameters, which should be determined by a small number of standard experiments. The material parameters of the new damage model are the Young’s modulus, the Poisson’s ratio, the tensile strength and the fracture energy per unit area. The second part of the work focuses on localization and regularization. If a Finite Element simulation is performed using a local material model for concrete, the results of the Finite Element simulation are mesh-dependent. To attain mesh-independent simulations, a regularization technique must be applied. The fracture energy approach, which is characterized by introducing a characteristic length in a locally formulated material model, is used as regularization technique in this work. The choice of a value for the characteristic length is founded by the requirement, that the fracture energy per unit area, which is consumed for the fracture process in the simulation, must be the same as in experiment, i.e. the energy dissipation must be correct. In this dissertation, the new idea is suggested that the correct energy dissipation can be only attained if the characteristic length in the material model coincides in every loading increment with the width of the energy-dissipating zone in the simulation. The energy-dissipating zone in a simulation is formed by the integration points with increasing damage and obtains the name: damage rate path. Detailed investigations based on simulations of a double-edge notched specimen under mixed-mode loading are performed with varying characteristic lengths in order to obtain information concerning the evolution of the damage rate path during a simulation. All simulations were performed using displacement-based elements with four nodes. The range with expected damage was always finer and regularly discretized. The results of the simulations show that the width of the damage rate path depends on the damage at the specific material point, on the angle between damage direction and element edges, on the element size and on the material parameters. Based on these observations, new approaches for the characteristic length are suggested in order to attain the coincidence of the characteristic length with the width of the damage rate path. Simulations by using the new approaches yield a sufficient coincidence of the characteristic length with the width of the damage rate path. The simulations are mesh-independent and the results of the simulation, like load-displacement curves or crack paths, correspond to the experimental results. Based on all new information concerning the regularization technique, an extension of the fracture energy approach is suggested: the adaptive fracture energy approach. The validity and applicability of the suggested theory, the new anisotropic damage model and the adaptive fracture energy approach, are verified in the final chapter of the work with simulations of two additional experiments, which are well documented in the literature. The results of the simulations correspond to the observations in the experiments.