Constitutive modeling of ice in the high strain rate regime

Sain, Trisha and Narasimhan, R (2011) Constitutive modeling of ice in the high strain rate regime. In: International Journal of Solids and Structures, 48 (5). pp. 817-827.

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Abstract

The objective of the present work is to propose a constitutive model for ice by considering the influence of important parameters such as strain rate dependence and pressure sensitivity on the response of the material. In this regard, the constitutive model proposed by Carney et al. (2006) is considered as a starting basis and subsequently modified to incorporate the effect of brittle cracking within a continuum damage mechanics framework. The damage is taken to occur in the form of distributed cracking within the material during impact which is consistent with experimental observations. At the point of failure, the material is assumed to be fluid-like with deviatoric stress almost dropping down to zero. The constitutive model is implemented in a general purpose finite element code using an explicit formulation. Several single element tests under uniaxial tension and compression, as well as biaxial loading are conducted in order to understand the performance of the model. Few large size simulations are also performed to understand the capability of the model to predict brittle damage evolution in un-notched and notched three point bend specimens. The proposed model predicts lower strength under tensile loading as compared to compressive loading which is in tune with experimental observations. Further the model also asserts the strain rate dependency of the strength behavior under both compressive as well as tensile loading, which also corroborates well with experimental results. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	International Journal of Solids and Structures
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Continuum damage mechanics;Brittle damage;Pressure sensitive; Ice
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2011 10:00
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2011 10:00
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/36026

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