Modelo Multifase para Materiales Compuestos Anisótropos

Abstract

A damage constitutive model for the simulation of anisotropic composite bulk materials is presented. The model is based on the theory of interacting component substances and takes into account the interdependence between different components. Each component can be
isotropic or anisotropic, damaged or not, such that if the model is applied to a point of a solid it can simulate a wide range of coupled behaviours. The paper is completed with an algorithm for the numerical implementation of the model proposed in a non linear finite element program. Some application examples are also presented.