Flexural elasticity of woodpile lattice beams
Flexural elasticity of woodpile lattice beams
Flexure of slender structures, composed of filaments in a woodpile arrangement, is theoretically studied. Expressions for the apparent bending stiffness are derived. The model is validated experimentally using three-point bending. Computer simulations show that bending is accompanied by lattice shear for increased porosity. A shear-inclusive micromechanical model for two different stacking arrangements is developed. This is further refined by including shear deformation within the filaments, which is supported by numerical simulations for relatively short filament overhang. The apparent flexure and shear of lattice beams are attributed primarily to stretch and flexure of the filaments, respectively. Asymptotic formulas for the effective bending stiffness in terms of the relative density are presented. The apparent bending stiffness scales linearly with the volume fraction, whereas the apparent shear stiffness scales with the cube of the volume fraction. Exclusion of lattice shear leads to errors for by over an order of magnitude in the extreme, unlike void-free solid beams where shear is a higher order effect. Excellent quantitative agreement with numerical results is obtained for a wide range of porosity and external aspect ratio, when lattice shear is included in the model.
structure-property relationship, flexural properties, apparent shear modulus, woodpile lattice
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Cuan-Urquizo, Enrique
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Bhaskar, Atul
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1 January 2018
Cuan-Urquizo, Enrique
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Bhaskar, Atul
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Abstract
Flexure of slender structures, composed of filaments in a woodpile arrangement, is theoretically studied. Expressions for the apparent bending stiffness are derived. The model is validated experimentally using three-point bending. Computer simulations show that bending is accompanied by lattice shear for increased porosity. A shear-inclusive micromechanical model for two different stacking arrangements is developed. This is further refined by including shear deformation within the filaments, which is supported by numerical simulations for relatively short filament overhang. The apparent flexure and shear of lattice beams are attributed primarily to stretch and flexure of the filaments, respectively. Asymptotic formulas for the effective bending stiffness in terms of the relative density are presented. The apparent bending stiffness scales linearly with the volume fraction, whereas the apparent shear stiffness scales with the cube of the volume fraction. Exclusion of lattice shear leads to errors for by over an order of magnitude in the extreme, unlike void-free solid beams where shear is a higher order effect. Excellent quantitative agreement with numerical results is obtained for a wide range of porosity and external aspect ratio, when lattice shear is included in the model.
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Cuan-Urquizo_Bhaskar_EJM-AS_2017
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Accepted/In Press date: 20 September 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 October 2017
Published date: 1 January 2018
Keywords:
structure-property relationship, flexural properties, apparent shear modulus, woodpile lattice
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Local EPrints ID: 414443
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/414443
ISSN: 0997-7538
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Enrique Cuan-Urquizo
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