Presenting the Traction-Separation Law for Ultrasonic Welding of Glass-Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composite

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1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz

Abstract

The generalized progressive damage model is numerically and experimentally studied to predict the degradation process in end notch flexure composite specimens welded by the ultrasonic method. In numerical modeling, a trapezoidal traction-separation model that expresses the embedded process zone is developed using three data reduction methods of the compliance calibration method, classical beam theory, and compliance-based beam method, and formulated by combining failure and damage mechanics. Finally, the force-displacement diagrams obtained from experimental investigations and the force-displacement diagrams extracted from numerical modeling are compared. The results demonstrate that the models extracted using the compliance-based beam method and classical beam theory method make accurate predictions compared to the compliance calibration method.

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Amirkabir Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume 54, Issue 10
January 2023
Pages 2429-2456

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