Thirty years of the finite volume method for solid mechanics

P Cardiff, I Demirdžić - Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Since early publications in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the finite volume method has
been shown suitable for solid mechanics analyses. At present, there are several flavours of …

Higher-order asymptotic homogenization for piezoelectric composites

Z He, J Liu, Q Chen - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we developed a higher-order asymptotic homogenization method (AHM) for
efficient multiscale analysis of piezoelectric composite structures. Instead of solving the …

[HTML][HTML] Deep neural network homogenization of multiphysics behavior for periodic piezoelectric composites

Q Chen, C Xiao, Z Yang, J Tabet, X Chen - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a physically informed deep neural network homogenization theory for identifying
homogenized moduli and local electromechanical fields of periodic piezoelectric …

Homogenization of size-dependent multiphysics behavior of nanostructured piezoelectric composites with energetic surfaces

Q Chen, G Chatzigeorgiou, F Meraghni… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface piezoelectricity considering the extended Gurtin--Murdoch coherent interface model
has been incorporated into the composite cylinder assemblage (CCA), generalized self …

[HTML][HTML] Two-scale asymptotic homogenization analysis of piezoelectric composite materials in generalized curvilinear coordinates

D Guinovart, MS Chaki, R Guinovart-Díaz - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive study on applying the two-scale asymptotic
homogenization method to derive the effective properties of piezoelectric composite …

Extended mean-field homogenization of unidirectional piezoelectric nanocomposites with generalized Gurtin-Murdoch interfaces

Q Chen, G Chatzigeorgiou, F Meraghni - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents for the first time an extended Mori-Tanaka approach aimed at identifying
the little-explored piezoelectric response of unidirectional nanoporous composites with …

Finite-volume homogenization of elastic/viscoelastic periodic materials

Q Chen, G Wang, X Chen, J Geng - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
In this contribution, the three-dimensional (3D) finite-volume direct averaging
micromechanics (FVDAM) is reconstructed by incorporating parametric mapping capability …

Computationally-efficient homogenization and localization of unidirectional piezoelectric composites with partially cracked interface

Q Chen, G Wang - Composite Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The homogenized and localized responses of unidirectional piezoelectric composites with
partially cracked interface are investigated in this contribution. To simulate the electro-elastic …

Fully-coupled electro-magneto-elastic behavior of unidirectional multiphased composites via finite-volume homogenization

Q Chen, W Chen, G Wang - Mechanics of Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The effective and localized electro-magneto-elastic behavior of periodic unidirectional
composites is investigated in this work. Instead of adopting the classical micromechanics …

Homogenization and localization of ratcheting behavior of composite materials and structures with the thermal residual stress effect

D Yang, Z Yang, Z Zhai, X Chen - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this contribution, the ratcheting behavior and local field distribution of unidirectional metal
matrix composites are investigated under cyclic loading. To that end, we extended the finite …