@misc{Kurukuri2005,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Kurukuri, Srihari},
  title     = {Homogenization of Damaged Concrete Mesostructures using Representative Volume Elements - Implementation and Application to SLang},
  doi       = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.667},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-6670},
  school      = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {This master thesis explores an important and under-researched topic on the so-called bridging of length scales (from >meso< to >macro<), with the concept of homogenization in which the careful characterization of mechanical response requires that the developed material model >bridge< the representations of events that occur at two different scales. The underlying objective here is to efficiently incorporate material length scales in the classical continuum plasticity/damage theories through the concept of homogenization theory. The present thesis is devoted to computational modeling of heterogeneous materials, primarily to matrix-inclusion type of materials. Considerations are focused predominantly on the elastic and damage behavior as a response to quasistatic mechanical loading. Mainly this thesis focuses to elaborate a sound numerical homogenization model which accounts for the prediction of overall properties with the application of different types of boundary conditions namely: periodic, homogeneous and mixed type of boundary conditions over two-dimensional periodic and non-periodic RVEs and three-dimensional non-periodic RVEs. Identification of the governing mechanisms and assessing their effect on the material behavior leads one step further. Bringing together this knowledge with service requirements allows for functional oriented materials design. First, this thesis gives attention on providing the theoretical basic mechanisms involved in homogenization techniques and a survey will be made on existing analytical methods available in literature. Second, the proposed frameworks are implemented in the well known finite element software programs ANSYS and SLang. Simple and efficient algorithms in FORTRAN are developed for automated microstructure generation using RSA algorithm in order to perform a systematic numerical testing of microstructures of composites. Algorithms are developed to generate constraint equations in periodic boundary conditions and different displacements applied spatially over the boundaries of the RVE in homogeneous boundary conditions. Finally, nonlinear simulations are performed at mesolevel, by considering continuum scalar damage behavior of matrix material with the linear elastic behavior of aggregates with the assumption of rigid bond between constituents.},
  subject      = {Schadensmechanik},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Schrader2005,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Schrader, Kai},
  title     = {Algorithmische Umsetzung eines elasto-plastischen Kontakt-Materialgesetzes zur Abbildung der Rissfl{\"a}chen-Degradation bei koh{\"a}siven Rissen},
  doi       = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.619},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-6195},
  school      = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {Entwicklung eines Algorithmus f{\"u}r ein nichtlineares Materialgesetz f{\"u}r die vollautomatische Rissentwicklungssimulation unter Verwendung der am Institut f{\"u}r Strukturmechanik entwickelten netzfreien Verfahren. In Anlehnung an die Kontinuumsplastizit{\"a}t wird unter Verwendung einer arbeitsbasierten Formulierung mit Kombination der Mode I und Mode IIa Bruchenergien f{\"u}r sensitive Strukturen und eines nicht-assoziierten Fließgesetzes werden die Rissweggr{\"o}ßen (Riss{\"o}ffnungsweite und Rissgleitungen) iterativ ermittelt. Dadurch ist es m{\"o}glich, den Dilatanzeffekt sowie die verzahnte Kontaktfl{\"a}che und die daraus resultierenden erh{\"o}hten Schubwiderst{\"a}nde abzubilden. Umsetzung mit Hilfe des sehr effizienten impliziten Closest Point Projection Iterationsverfahren auf Basis einer 3-D Kontaktformulierung (Kontakt-Elemente). 2-D Implementation in die Forschungssoftware SLang des Instituts f{\"u}r Strukturmechanik der Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar. Verifikation der Modellcharakteristik mit signifikanten Belastungszust{\"a}nden. Zwei Anwendungsbeispiele zur Rissfortschrittsberechnung sind unter Verwendung des umgesetzten Materialgesetzes zum Einsatz gekommen. Untersuchungen hinsichtlich der Materialparameter wurden vorgenommen.},
  subject      = {Dilatanz},
  language  = {de}
}