A Constitutive Study of Two-phase Materials Part 2. Maxwell Binder (POSTPRINT)

Abstract

This article presents a constitutive study of a two-phase composite based on the authors' previous paper [Zhu H, Rish III JW, Dass WC. Constitutive relation for two-phase particular materials. I: elastic binder. Computers and Geotechnics 1997;20(3):303-23] with inclusions/particles in the composite behaving elastically, but the binder/matrix being viscoelastic of Maxwell type. The basic-cell technique and binder-contact laws are employed in deriving the stress-strain equations in the integral representation. It is shown that the overall stress-strain response of this two-phase composite can be described by an equivalent multi-axial visco-elastic model of four-Maxwell-elements in parallel. The application of this study is aimed at providing a mechanics/physics based justification for employing the multi-Maxwell-elements model in characterizing asphalt concrete and other related issues.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA595978

Entities

People

  • Han Zhu
  • Jeff W. Rish Iii
  • Shalu Batra

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Composite Materials
  • Concrete
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Creep
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Equations
  • Governments
  • Integral Equations
  • Integrals
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Materials science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.