VM255 Delamination Analysis of Double Cantilever Beam Using Contact Based Debonding Capability

Overview
Reference: G. Alfano and M. A. Crisfield, Finite Element Interface Models for the Delamination Analysis of Laminated Composites: Mechanical and Computational Issues, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 50, pp. 1701-1736 (2001). Static analysis (ANTYPE = 0) 2-D 4-Node Structural Solid Element (PLANE182) 2-D 2-Node Surface-to-Surface Contact Element (CONTA171) 2-D Target Segment Element (TARGE169) vm255.dat

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Test Case
A double cantilever beam of length l, width w and height h with an initial crack of length a at the free end is subjected to a maximum vertical displacement Umax at top and bottom free end nodes. Determine the vertical reaction at point P based on the vertical displacement using contact based debonding capability. Figure 255.1 Double Cantilever Beam Sketch

Material Properties Composite E11 = 135.3 GPa E22 = 9.0 GPa

Geometric Properties L = 100 mm a = 30 mm h = 3 mm

Loading Umax= 10 mm

Material Properties E33 = 9.0 GPa G12 = 5.2 GPa 12 = 0.24 13 = 0.24 23 = 0.46 Interface C1 = 1.7 MPa C2 = 0.28 mm C5 = 1.0E-5

Geometric Properties w = 20 mm

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Analysis Assumptions and Modeling Notes

A double cantilever beam has been analyzed under displacement control using 2-D plane strain formulation with a regular mesh of 4 x 200 4-node PLANE182 elements. An imposed displacement of Uy = 10 mm acts at the top and bottom free nodes. The interface is modeled with contact elements with a bonded contact option and a cohesive zone material model. Bilinear material behavior with linear softening characterized by maximum traction and critical energy release rate (TBOPT = CBDE) cohesive zone material option is used with maximum traction to = 1.7 MPa and critical energy rate Gc= 0.28 N/mm. Debonding is often characterized by convergence difficulties during material softening. To overcome this problem artificial damping parameter of 1.0E-5 is used. Based on the interface material parameters used, results obtained using ANSYS should be compared to the results shown in Figure 15(a) in the reference.

Results Comparison
Target ANSYS Max RFORCE and corresponding DISP using debonding: RFORCE FY (N) 50.00 51.582 DISP UY(mm) 1.50 1.50 RFORCE and corresponding DISP U = 10.0 using debonding: RFORCE FY (N) 24.00 24.862 DISP UY(mm) 10.00 10.00 Ratio 1.032 1.000 1.036 1.00

/COM,ANSYS MEDIA REL. 11.0 (10/27/2006) REF. VERIF. MANUAL: REL. 11.0

/VERIFY,VM255 /TITLE,VM255,DELAMINATION OF DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM USING DEBONDING /COM, REF: ALFANO, G. AND CRISFIELD, M. A., /COM, "FINITE ELEMENT INTERFACE MODELS FOR THE DELAMINATION ANALYSIS /COM, OF LAMINATED COMPOSITES: MECHANICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ISSUES" /COM, INT. J. NUMER. METH. ENGNG 2001, 50:1701-1736. /PREP7 ET,1,PLANE182 !* 2D 4-NODE STRUCTURAL SOLID ELEMENT KEYOPT,1,1,2 !* ENHANCE STRAIN FORMULATION KEYOPT,1,3,2 !* PLANE STRAIN ET,2,PLANE182 KEYOPT,2,1,2 KEYOPT,2,3,2 ET,3,TARGE169 !* 2D TARGET ELEMENT ET,4,CONTA171 !* 2D CONTACT ELEMENT KEYOPT,4,12,5 !* BONDED ALWAYS CONTACT MP,EX,1,1.353E5 !* E11 = 135.3 GPA MP,EY,1,9.0E3 !* E22 = 9.0 GPA MP,EZ,1,9.0E3 !* E33 = 9.0 GPA MP,GXY,1,5.2E3 !* G12 = 5.2 GPA MP,PRXY,1,0.24 MP,PRXZ,1,0.24 MP,PRYZ,1,0.46 KOPEN = 1.E6 TB,CZM,2,1,1,CBDE TBDATA,1,1.7,0.28,,,1.E-5 RECTNG,0,100,0,1.5 !* DEFINE AREAS RECTNG,0,100,0,-1.5 LSEL,S,LINE,,2,8,2 !* DEFINE LINE DIVISION LESIZE,ALL,0.75 LSEL,INVE LESIZE,ALL, , ,200 ALLSEL,ALL TYPE,1 !* MESH AREA 2 MAT,1 LOCAL,11,0,0,0,0 ESYS,11 AMESH,2 CSYS,0 TYPE,2 !* MESH AREA 1 ESYS,11 AMESH,1 CSYS,0

NSEL,S,LOC,X,30,100 TYPE,3 MAT,2 REAL,3 ESEL,S,TYPE,,2 NSLE,S NSEL,R,LOC,Y ESURF !* TARGET ELEMENTS TYPE,4 REAL,3 RMODIF,3,3,-KOPEN RMODIF,3,12,-KOPEN ESEL,S,TYPE,,1 NSLE,S NSEL,R,LOC,Y NSEL,R,LOC,X,30,100 ESURF !* CONTACT ELEMENTS ALLSEL,ALL NSEL,S,LOC,X,100 !* APPLY CONSTRAINTS D,ALL,ALL NSEL,ALL FINISH /SOLU ESEL,S,TYPE,,2 NSLE,S NSEL,R,LOC,X NSEL,R,LOC,Y,1.5 !* APPLY DISPLACEMENT LOADING ON TOP D,ALL,UY,10 NSEL,ALL ESEL,ALL ESEL,S,TYPE,,1 NSLE,S NSEL,R,LOC,X NSEL,R,LOC,Y,-1.5 !* APPLY DISPLACEMENT LOADING ON BOTTOM D,ALL,UY,-10 NSEL,ALL ESEL,ALL NLGEOM,ON AUTOTS,ON TIME,1 NSUBST,40,40,40 OUTRES,ALL,ALL SOLVE !* PERFORM SOLUTION FINISH /POST26 NSEL,S,LOC,Y,1.5

NSEL,R,LOC,X,0 *GET,NTOP,NODE,0,NUM,MAX NSEL,ALL NSOL,2,NTOP,U,Y,UY RFORCE,3,NTOP,F,Y,FY PROD,4,3, , ,RF, , ,20 /TITLE,VM255, DCB: REACTION AT TOP NODE VERSES PRESCRIBED DISPLACEMENT /AXLAB,X,DISP U (mm) /AXLAB,Y,REACTION FORCE R (N) /YRANGE,0,60 XVAR,2 PLVAR,4 PRVAR,UY,RF *GET,TMAX,VARI,4,EXTREM,TMAX !* TIME CORRESPONDING TO MAX RFORCE FINISH /POST1 SET, , , , ,TMAX !* RETRIEVE RESULTS AT TMAX NSEL,S,NODE, ,NTOP !* SELECT NODE NTOP *GET,RF_NTOP,NODE,NTOP,RF,FY !* FY RFORCE AT NODE NTOP *GET,UY_NTOP,NODE,NTOP,U,Y !* DISP AT NODE NTOP CORRESPONDING TO RFORCE RF_MAX = RF_NTOP*20 !* PLANE STRAIN OPTION AND WIDTH = 20 mm SET,LAST !* RETRIEVE RESULTS AT LAST SUBSTEP *GET,RF_END,NODE,NTOP,RF,FY !* FY RFORCE AT NODE NTOP AT LAST SUBSTEP *GET,UY_END,NODE,NTOP,U,Y !* DISP AT NODE NTOP CORRESPONDING TO RFORCE RF_END = RF_END*20 !* PLANE STRAIN OPTION AND WIDTH = 20 mm *DIM,LABEL,CHAR,2,2 *DIM,VALUE,,2,3 *DIM,VALUE2,,2,3 LABEL(1,1) = 'RFORCE','DISP ' LABEL(1,2) = 'FY (N)','UY (mm)' *VFILL,VALUE(1,1),DATA,50.0,1.5 *VFILL,VALUE(1,2),DATA,RF_MAX,UY_NTOP *VFILL,VALUE(1,3),DATA,ABS(RF_MAX/50.0),ABS(UY_NTOP/1.5) *VFILL,VALUE2(1,1),DATA,24.0,10.0 *VFILL,VALUE2(1,2),DATA,RF_END,UY_END *VFILL,VALUE2(1,3),DATA,ABS(RF_END/24.0),ABS(UY_END/10.0) /COM /OUT,vm255,vrt /COM,------------------- VM255 RESULTS COMPARISON -------------/COM, /COM, | TARGET | ANSYS | RATIO

/COM, /COM,MAX RFORCE AND CORRESPONDING DISP USING DEBONDING: /COM, *VWRITE,LABEL(1,1),LABEL(1,2),VALUE(1,1),VALUE(1,2),VALUE(1,3) (1X,A8,A8,' ',F10.3,' ',1F10.3,' ',1F5.3) /COM, /COM,RFORCE CORRESPONDING TO DISP U = 10.0 USING DEBONDING: /COM, *VWRITE,LABEL(1,1),LABEL(1,2),VALUE2(1,1),VALUE2(1,2),VALUE2(1,3) (1X,A8,A8,' ',F10.3,' ',1F10.3,' ',1F5.3) /COM,----------------------------------------------------------/OUT FINISH *LIST,vm255,vrt