Determining parameters in generalized thermomechanics for metamaterials by means of asymptotic homogenization

DOI10.1007/S00161-022-01171-YarXiv2207.03353MaRDI QIDQ6404292FDOQ6404292

Authors: Bozo Vazic, B. Emek Abali, Pania Newell 

Publication date: 7 July 2022

Abstract: Advancement in manufacturing methods enable designing so called metamaterials with a tailor-made microstructure. Microstructure affects materials response within a length-scale, where we model this behavior by using the generalized thermomechanics. Strain gradient theory is employed as a higher-order theory with thermodynamics modeled as a first-order theory. Developing multiphysics models for heterogeneous materials is indeed a challenge and even this ``simplest model in generalized thermomechanics causes dozens of parameters to be determined. We develop a computational model by using a given microstructure, modeled as a periodic domain, and numerically calculate all parameters by means of asymptotic homogenization. Finite element method (FEM) is employed with the aid of open-source codes (FEniCS). Some example with symmetric and random distribution of voids in a model problem verifies the method and provides an example at which length-scale we need to consider generalized thermoeleasticity in composite materials.

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