Abstract
EasyPBC is an ABAQUS CAE plugin developed to estimate the homogenised effective elastic properties of user created periodic Representative Volume Element (RVE), all within ABAQUS without the need to use third-party software. The plugin automatically applies the concepts of the periodic RVE homogenisation method in the software’s user interface by categorising, creating, and linking sets necessary for achieving deformable periodic boundary surfaces, which can distort and no longer remain plane. Additionally, it allows the user to benefit from finite element analysis data within ABAQUS CAE interface after calculating homogenised properties. In this article, the algorithm of the plugin based on periodic RVE homogenisation method is explained, which could be developed for other commercial FE software packages. Furthermore, examples of its implementation and verification are illustrated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 567-577 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Engineering with Computers |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 21 May 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2019 |
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Keywords
- Homogenisation
- elastic properties
- periodic boundary conditions
- RVE
- finite element
- composites
- Composites
- Periodic boundary conditions
- Elastic properties
- Finite element
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Omairey, S. L., Dunning, P. D., & Sriramula, S. (2019). Development of an ABAQUS Plugin Tool for Periodic RVE Homogenisation. Engineering with Computers, 35(2), 567-577. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-018-0616-4