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Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures vol. 5 (2010 ... - MSP

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COUPLING OF PERIDYNAMIC THEORY AND THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD 729<br />

However, point <strong>and</strong> surface loads cannot be applied directly because the peridynamic equation <strong>of</strong> motion<br />

in<strong>vol</strong>ves a <strong>vol</strong>ume integral that gives rise to zero for point <strong>and</strong> surface loads. Thus, the uniaxial tension is<br />

applied as uniform body forces over the <strong>vol</strong>umes, �b, along the vertical edges having a length, l, <strong>of</strong> 0.08 in<br />

(Figure B1). The longitudinal component <strong>of</strong> the applied body force is specified as bx = 234375.0 lb/in3 .<br />

Hence, the applied tension, F, can be computed in terms <strong>of</strong> the plate dimensions as F = lbtbx.<br />

The material <strong>of</strong> the plate is isotropic with Young’s modulus <strong>and</strong> Poisson’s ratio <strong>of</strong> E = 107 psi <strong>and</strong><br />

ν = 0.25, respectively. The three-dimensional peridynamic model is constructed by discretization <strong>of</strong> the<br />

plate using cubic subdomains (Figure B1). In each subdomain, eight integration points are utilized to<br />

reduce the peridynamic equation <strong>of</strong> motion to its discrete form. The steady-state solutions are obtained<br />

by using the adaptive dynamic relaxation.<br />

Within the realm <strong>of</strong> molecular dynamics, it is well known that the Poisson’s ratio is restricted to 1<br />

4<br />

in three dimensions <strong>and</strong> 1<br />

3 in two dimensions if atomic interactions are pairwise <strong>and</strong> do not exhibit any<br />

directional dependence. Gerstle et al. [2005] showed that the same restrictions apply to peridynamics<br />

equations under the same conditions. Hence, the thickness <strong>of</strong> the plate affects the observed Poisson’s<br />

ratio. Figure B2 shows the variation <strong>of</strong> the Poisson’s ratio with increasing plate thickness. The Poisson’s<br />

ratio is calculated using steady-state displacements at the point located at x0, which can be expressed as<br />

<strong>and</strong> the displacement field at x0 can be written as<br />

x T 0 = {x0 = 2.5, y0 = 1.0, z0 = 0.0} (B1)<br />

u T 0 = {ux0, u y0, uz0}. (B2)<br />

Hence, the Poisson’s ratio is approximated by using initial positions <strong>and</strong> displacements as<br />

ν = − u y0/y0<br />

. (B3)<br />

ux0/x0<br />

Figure B2. Effect <strong>of</strong> internal length on Poisson’s ratio with increasing plate thickness.

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