Questioning numerical integration methods for microsphere (and microplane) constitutive equations》.pdf

Mechanics of Materials 89 (2015) 216–228 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Mechanics of Materials journal homepage: www.elsevier .com/locate/mechmat Questioning numerical integration methods for microsphere (and microplane) constitutive equations Erwan Verron École Centrale de Nantes, Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique (GeM) – UMR CNRS 6183, BP 92101, 44321 Nantes cedex 3, France a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In the last few years, more and more complex microsphere models have been proposed to Received 14 April 2015 predict the mechanical response of various polymers. Similarly than for microplane mod- Received in revised form 10 June 2015 els, they consist in deriving a one-dimensional force vs. stretch equation and to integrate it Available online 26 June 2015 over the unit sphere to obtain a three-dimensional constitutive equation. In this context, the focus of authors is laid on the physics of the one-dimensional relationship, but in most Keywords: of the case the influence of the integration method on the prediction is not investigated. Constitutive equations Here we compare three numerical integration schemes: a classical Gaussian scheme, a Microsphere models method based on a regular geometric meshing of the sphere, and an approach based on Numerical integration algorithms