Multiscale Modeling for the Design of Autonomic Healing Structural Composite Materials
Abstract
This MEANS initiative research project consists of a collaborative effort between students, postdocs, and faculty at the University of Illinois and at the University of Michigan. The work involves the integration of length and time scale spanning computational methods of investigation into a suite of design tool for materials optimization. Concurrent experimental measurements serve to motivate and validate the simulation approaches. Specifically, the challenges posed by the design of autonomously healing polymer matrix composites were chosen as the test case for the development of this computational framework, which includes reactive molecular dynamics simulations, coarse-grained particle-based simulations, and cohesive-volume finite element calculations. The integration of the different methodologies is achieved through data exchange and output overlap matching. The project includes further development of specific numerical techniques, implementation of an efficient coupling mechanism, and extensive testing and validation through experiments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 31, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA430923
Entities
People
- John Kieffer
Organizations
- University of Michigan