Failure mechanisms in wood-based materials: A review of discrete, continuum, and hybrid finite-element representations
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Ian Smith
Abstract
Challenges arise in finite element (FE) analyses that predict mechanical failure in wood-based materials because their structural complexity is difficult to mimic. When considered at the macro scale, wood and engineered wood composites can reasonably be assumed to behave as homogenous continua. However, accurate meso- and micro-scale representations require a different approach. Models employing discrete FEs are robust tools for detailed failure analysis, because the elements can be made to mimic the functions of morphological structures in the material. Hybrid models that meld continuum and discrete FEs also show good promise as generalised analysis tools, but as yet their development is in its infancy. In the future, beyond mechanical damage, other energy sinks also need to be included in models, and computational efficiency should be improved. In this overview, the advantages and limitations of alternative FE representations are demonstrated in terms of failure processes in wood-based materials via case analyses.
©2007 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York
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- Micromechanical modeling of solid-type and plate-type deformation patterns within softwood materials. A review and an improved approach
- Failure mechanisms in wood-based materials: A review of discrete, continuum, and hybrid finite-element representations
- Morphological lattice models for the simulation of softwood failure and fracture
- Experimental and numerical investigation of wood fracture mechanisms at different humidity levels
- Material point method simulations of transverse fracture in wood with realistic morphologies
- Simulation of cracks in wood using a coupled material model for interface elements
- Preliminary tests to evaluate the mechanical properties of young trees with small diameter
- Characterization and strength modeling of parallel-strand lumber
- Dynamic behaviour of cork and cork-filled aluminium tubes: Numerical simulation and innovative applications
- A numerical study of the transverse modulus of wood as a function of grain orientation and properties
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- Experimental device for the accurate determination of wood-water relations on micro-samples
- Evaluating the suitability of hybrid poplar clones for the manufacture of oriented strand boards
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- Alkaline peroxide treatment of ECF bleached softwood kraft pulps. Part 1. Characterizing the effect of alkaline peroxide treatment on carboxyl groups of fibers
- Alkaline peroxide treatment of ECF bleached softwood kraft pulps: Part 2. Effect of increased fiber charge on refining, wet-end application, and hornification
- Molar mass determination of lignins by size-exclusion chromatography: towards standardisation of the method
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Meetings
- Micromechanical modeling of solid-type and plate-type deformation patterns within softwood materials. A review and an improved approach
- Failure mechanisms in wood-based materials: A review of discrete, continuum, and hybrid finite-element representations
- Morphological lattice models for the simulation of softwood failure and fracture
- Experimental and numerical investigation of wood fracture mechanisms at different humidity levels
- Material point method simulations of transverse fracture in wood with realistic morphologies
- Simulation of cracks in wood using a coupled material model for interface elements
- Preliminary tests to evaluate the mechanical properties of young trees with small diameter
- Characterization and strength modeling of parallel-strand lumber
- Dynamic behaviour of cork and cork-filled aluminium tubes: Numerical simulation and innovative applications
- A numerical study of the transverse modulus of wood as a function of grain orientation and properties
- Effects of ring characteristics on the compressive strength and dynamic modulus of elasticity of seven softwood species
- Experimental device for the accurate determination of wood-water relations on micro-samples
- Evaluating the suitability of hybrid poplar clones for the manufacture of oriented strand boards
- Finely milled kenaf core as a natural plywood binder
- Alkaline peroxide treatment of ECF bleached softwood kraft pulps. Part 1. Characterizing the effect of alkaline peroxide treatment on carboxyl groups of fibers
- Alkaline peroxide treatment of ECF bleached softwood kraft pulps: Part 2. Effect of increased fiber charge on refining, wet-end application, and hornification
- Molar mass determination of lignins by size-exclusion chromatography: towards standardisation of the method