The role of imperfect interfaces on the hereditary thermomechanics of microstructured solids

Abstract

Many energetic solids of technological interest are aggregates of micrometric particles or grains cemented together by a compliant binding phase. Despite occupying a low fraction of the total volume, the binding phase can play a central role on the overall thermomechanical behavior and sensitivity of the solid. In high energy systems the intergrain spacing is much smaller than the grain size, the binding phase can be regarded as an interphase of vanishing thickness, and the aggregate can be conceived as a microstructured solid with imperfect interfaces exhibiting hereditary behavior. Their engineering simulation thus calls for a multiscale constitutive framework that incorporates the role of imperfect interfaces on the hereditary thermomechanics of microstructured solids and that, at the same time, generates constitutive descriptions suitable for implementation into numerical codes for structural analysis.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Jan 14, 2022
Source ID
FA95501910377

Entities

People

  • Martin Idiart

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • United States Air Force

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Immunology
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

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  • Space