Assessment of Hashin’s failure criteria in finite element modelling oforthogonal cutting of fiber-reinforced composites
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Abstract
Fiber-reinforced composite materials are widely used in aerospace structures because of their high stiffness, high strength and high fatigue properties.Yet, machining of this type of materials during manufacturing is still challenging because of the undesirable and unwanted damage around the machining area.To avoid that, finite element simulation paves the way to predict the induced damage and to customize the machining parameters.How to develop a robust finite element model for composite machining, however, is still an open question due to the complexity of the failure mechanisms of fiber-reinforced composite.Although in the previous research the simulations were experimentally validated, our literature review shows that there is still a research gap at the level of verification and convergence of the results.In this study, we built a 2D finite element model to predict the reaction force over the cutting tool during orthogonal cutting of glass fiber-reinforced composites.Verification was conducted in the context of mesh refinement and convergence study.Two finite element problems were solved; one material without any failure criteria and one with Hashin failure criteria were examined.The results show that the former converged for the element size of less than 0.008 mm and the later did not converge even at a very fine mesh with an element size of 0.004 mm.Adding a damage model to the contact simulation of orthogonal cutting of composite materials significantly amplified the discretization error.The predicted maximum cutting force decreased 97% when the element size was decreased from 0.01 mm to 0.004 mm.Hence, we believe more comprehensive research is needed on verification of existing material models for simulation of machining of composite.
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