@inproceedings{84192ac1de2f446585868f9a6775de10,
title = "Modelling mechanical behavior of aluminium foam under compressive loading using representative volume element method",
abstract = "In this paper, a numerical study is conducted to model the mechanical behaviour of aluminium foam under compressive loading using the representative volume element (RVE) method. Tetrakaidecahedrons are selected as cells to form the RVE model for modelling the mechanical properties of the aluminium foam. The study is conducted Via the commercial finite element code Ansys-LS Dyna. The three-dimensional solid element 164 is used to mesh the RVE model. This micro-structured RVE model is used to model the mechanical behaviour of aluminium foam of density of 230 kg/m3 under quasi-static compressive loading. A convergence test is firstly conducted to decide the mesh density. The stress-strain relationship obtained from the numerical modelling is compared to that from experimental study and the agreements of the results demonstrate the efficiency of the RVE model. The deformation process of the RVE under the compressive loading obtained from the numerical simulation is also presented.",
keywords = "Aluminium foam, Mechanical behaviour, Numerical modelling, Representative volume element",
author = "Chengjun Liu and Zhang, {Y. X.}",
year = "2014",
month = jul,
day = "1",
language = "English",
series = "11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014",
publisher = "International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering",
pages = "2909--2915",
editor = "Eugenio Onate and Xavier Oliver and Antonio Huerta",
booktitle = "11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014",
note = "Joint 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, the 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and the 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014 ; Conference date: 20-07-2014 Through 25-07-2014",
}