A general isogeometric finite element formulation for rotation‐free shells with in‐plane bending of embedded fibers

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DOI10.1002/NME.6937arXiv2110.00460OpenAlexW4210670724MaRDI QIDQ6090728FDOQ6090728


Authors: Thang X. Duong, Mikhail Itskov, Roger A. Sauer Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 17 November 2023

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper presents a general, nonlinear isogeometric finite element formulation for rotation-free shells with embedded fibers that captures anisotropy in stretching, shearing, twisting and bending -- both in-plane and out-of-plane. These capabilities allow for the simulation of large sheets of heterogeneous and fibrous materials either with or without matrix, such as textiles, composites, and pantographic structures. The work is a computational extension of our earlier theoretical work [1] that extends existing Kirchhoff-Love shell theory to incorporate the in-plane bending resistance of initially straight or curved fibers. The formulation requires only displacement degrees-of-freedom to capture all mentioned modes of deformation. To this end, isogeometric shape functions are used in order to satisfy the required C1-continuity for bending across element boundaries. The proposed formulation can admit a wide range of material models, such as surface hyperelasticity that does not require any explicit thickness integration. To deal with possible material instability due to fiber compression, a stabilization scheme is added. Several benchmark examples are used to demonstrate the robustness and accuracy of the proposed computational formulation.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.00460




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