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The Open Civil Engineering Journal | 2014

An Interface Model Including Cracks and Roughness Applied to Masonry

Fazia Fouchal; Frédéric Lebon; Maria Letizia Raffa; Giuseppe Vairo

In this paper an interface model accounting for roughness and micro-cracks is presented and applied to masonry-like structures. The model is consistently derived by coupling a homogenization approach and arguments of asymptotic analyses. A numerical procedure is introduced and numerical results, based on a finite element formulation, are successfully compared with experimental data , obtained on masonry samples undergoing to shear tests. Finally, a parametric numerical analysis is proposed, highlighting the influence of the roughness features on the interface response.


COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN APPLIED SCIENCES | 2016

Multiscale Modeling of Imperfect Interfaces and Applications

Serge Dumont; Frédéric Lebon; Maria Letizia Raffa; Raffaella Rizzoni; Hélène Welemane

Modeling interfaces between solids is of great importance in the fields of mechanical and civil engineering. Solid/solid interface behavior at the microscale has a strong influence on the strength of structures at the macroscale, such as gluing, optical systems, aircraft tires, pavement layers and masonry, for instance. In this lecture, a deductive approach is used to derive interface models, i.e. the thickness of the interface is considered as a small parameter and asymptotic techniques are introduced. A family of imperfect interface models is presented taking into account cracks at microscale. The proposed models combine homogenization techniques for microcracked media both in three-dimensional and two-dimensional cases, which leads to a cracked orthotropic material, and matched asymptotic method. In particular, it is shown that the Kachanov type theory leads to soft interface models and, alternatively, that Goidescu et al. theory leads to stiff interface models. A fully nonlinear variant of the model is also proposed, derived from the St. Venant-Kirchhoff constitutive equations. Some applications to elementary masonry structures are presented.


International Journal of Masonry Research and Innovation | 2017

On modelling brick/mortar interface via a St. Venant-Kirchhoff orthotropic soft interface. Part II: in silico analysis

Maria Letizia Raffa; Frédéric Lebon; Raffaella Rizzoni

A new strategy for the numerical modelling of brick/mortar interfaces at the macro-scale taking into account finite strains and evolving microcracking phenomena is introduced. A numerical validation of the non-linear-imperfect interface model formulated in Part I of the present paper, is proposed. Well-established experimental data concerning diagonal compression of masonry walls are simulated within the finite element method. The localisation zones of highest displacement jumps and stresses obtained through the numerical simulations are in good agreement with the experimental findings. The proposed non-linear interface model is also compared with a linear interface model for masonry structures.


International Journal of Masonry Research and Innovation | 2016

On modelling brick/mortar interface via a St. Venant-Kirchhoff orthotropic soft interface. Part I: theory

Maria Letizia Raffa; Frédéric Lebon; Raffaella Rizzoni

In this paper, a nonlinear-imperfect interface model is proposed in order to model brick/mortar-interface behavior in small masonry assemblies. The proposed model, formulated according a micromechanical strategy, derives from a consolidated approach coupling arguments of asymptotic analysis and homogenisation method. The adopted asymptotic technique is extended to the finite strain theory. The homogenisation strategy, under the non-interacting approximation, is extended to microcracked-orthotropic-hyperelastic materials. Simple numerical simulations, developed within the framework of finite element method, highlight the model soundness and its applicability in finite-strain problems.


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING 2015 (ICCMSE 2015) | 2015

A nonlinear interface model applied to masonry structures

Frédéric Lebon; Maria Letizia Raffa; Raffaella Rizzoni

In this paper, a new imperfect interface model is presented. The model includes finite strains, micro-cracks and smooth roughness. The model is consistently derived by coupling a homogenization approach for micro-cracked media and arguments of asymptotic analysis. The model is applied to brick/mortar interfaces. Numerical results are presented.


International Journal of Solids and Structures | 2016

Normal and tangential stiffnesses of rough surfaces in contact via an imperfect interface model

Maria Letizia Raffa; Frédéric Lebon; Giuseppe Vairo


International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing | 2013

A multi-level interface model for damaged masonry

Maria Letizia Raffa; Frédéric Lebon; Elio Sacco; Hélène Welemane


Meccanica | 2018

Derivation of a model of imperfect interface with finite strains and damage by asymptotic techniques: an application to masonry structures

Maria Letizia Raffa; Frédéric Lebon; Raffaella Rizzoni


Annals of Solid and Structural Mechanics | 2017

Towards nonlinear imperfect interface models including micro-cracks and smooth roughness

Serge Dumont; Frédéric Lebon; Maria Letizia Raffa; Raffaella Rizzoni


ECCOMAS Multi-scale Computational Methods for Solids and Fluids | 2015

Multiscale modeling of imperfect interfaces and applications

Serge Dumont; Frédéric Lebon; Maria Letizia Raffa; Raffaella Rizzoni; Hélène Welemane

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Serge Dumont

University of Picardie Jules Verne

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Giuseppe Vairo

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

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Fazia Fouchal

Aix-Marseille University

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Serge Dumont

University of Picardie Jules Verne

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