风沙冲蚀下GFRP片材力学性能退化离散元模拟

Discrete Element Simulation of Damage Evolution and Mechanical Property Degradation of GFRP laminate under Wind-blown Sand Erosion

  • 摘要: 为解决仅依靠物理试验难以全面、高效研究玻璃纤维增强复合材料(GFRP)片材在复杂风沙环境下力学性能演变的问题,基于ABAQUS软件中离散元(Discrete Element Method, DEM)方法并结合二次开发的VUMAT子程序,建立了风沙冲蚀GFRP片材力学性能演化数值模型。首先,通过未冲蚀GFRP片材的纤维方向拉伸试验,验证了模型用于复合材料力学性能研究的有效性;进而利用不同冲蚀速度下的风沙冲蚀试验验证了模型的准确性,并通过不同沙流量工况下的补充试验验证了模型的预测精度与泛化能力。结果表明:在纤维方向拉伸试验中,仿真所得抗拉强度和弹性模量与试验值吻合良好,相对误差分别为1.2%和2.8%;在不同冲蚀速度工况下,抗拉强度与弹性模量的模拟值与试验值相对误差范围分别为0.51%-3.59%和0.84%-4.62%;在不同沙流量工况下,模型预测结果与试验结果具有高度一致性,相对误差范围分别为0.01%-1.09%和0.41%-4.89%。此外,不同冲蚀速度及沙流量工况下,模拟所得GFRP片材损伤形貌与试验观测结果一致。综上所述,所建立的数值模型具有较高的精度和良好的预测能力,可用于评估GFRP片材在垂直冲蚀条件下的力学性能退化规律与损伤演化行为。

     

    Abstract: To address the challenge of comprehensively and efficiently investigating the evolution of mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminate in complex wind-sand environments solely through physical testing, a numerical model for the mechanical property evolution of GFRP laminate under wind-sand erosion was developed. This model integrates the Discrete Element Method (DEM) within ABAQUS with a user-defined VUMAT subroutine. Initially, the effectiveness of the model for simulating composite mechanical properties was validated through fiber-direction tensile tests on uneroded GFRP laminate. Subsequently, the accuracy of the model was verified using wind-sand erosion test results under varying erosion velocities, and the predictive accuracy and generalization capability of the model were confirmed through supplementary tests under different sand flow rate conditions. The results demonstrate that, in the fiber-direction tensile tests, the simulated tensile strength and elastic modulus agree well with the experimental values, yielding relative errors of 1.2% and 2.8%, respectively. Under varying erosion velocity conditions, the relative errors between the simulated and experimental values for tensile strength and elastic modulus range from 0.51% to 3.59% and 0.84% to 4.62%, respectively. Under different sand flow rate conditions, the model predictions exhibit high consistency with the experimental results, with relative error ranges of 0.01%–1.09% and 0.41%–4.89%, respectively. Additionally, the simulated damage morphologies of the GFRP laminate align consistently with the experimental observations across the various erosion velocities and sand flow rates. In conclusion, the established numerical model demonstrates high precision and excellent predictive capability, making it a reliable tool for evaluating the mechanical property degradation laws and damage evolution behavior of GFRP laminate under normal impact erosion conditions.

     

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