Modeling particulate self-healing materials and application to uni-axial compression

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Using an advanced history dependent contact model for DEM simulations, including elasto-plasticity, viscosity, adhesion, and friction, pressure-sintered tablets are formed from primary particles. These tablets are subjected to unconfined uni-axial compression until and beyond failure. For fast and slow deformation we observe ductile-like and brittle softening, respectively. We propose a model for local self-healing that allows damage to heal during loading such that the material strength of the sample increases and failure/softening is delayed to larger strains. Local healing is achieved by increasing the (attractive) contact adhesion forces for those particles involved in a potentially breaking contact. We examine the dependence of the strength of the material on (a) the damage detection sensitivity, (b) the damage detection rate, and (c) the (increased) adhesion between healed contacts. The material strength is enhanced, i.e., the material fails at larger strains and reaches larger maximal stress values, when any of the parameters (a) - (c) is increased. For very large adhesion between the healed contacts an interesting instability with strong (brittle) fluctuations of the healed material's strength is observed. © The Author(s) 2009.

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Herbst, O., & Luding, S. (2008). Modeling particulate self-healing materials and application to uni-axial compression. International Journal of Fracture, 154(1–2), 87–103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-008-9299-y

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