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Multiscale procedures are often adopted for the continuum modeling of materials composed of a specific micro-structure. Generally, in mechanics of materials only two-scales are linked. In this work the original (fine) micro-scale description, thought as a composite material made of matrix and fibers/particles/crystals which can interact among them, and a scale-dependent continuum (coarse) macro-scale are linked via an energy equivalence criterion. In particular the multiscale strategy is proposed for deriving the constitutive relations of anisotropic composites with periodic microstructure and allows us to reduce the typically high computational cost of fully microscopic numerical analyses. At the microscopic level the material is described as a lattice system while at the macroscopic level the continuum is a micropolar continuum, whose material particles are endowed with orientation besides position. The derived constitutive relations account for shape, texture and orientation of inclusions as well as internal scale parameters, which account for size effects even in the elastic regime in the presence of geometrical and/or load singularities. Applications of this procedure concern polycrystals, wherein an important descriptor of the underlying microstructure gives the orientation of the crystal lattice of each grain, fiber reinforced composites, as well as masonry-like materials. In order to investigate the effects of micropolar constants in the presence of material non central symmetries, some numerical finite element simulations, with elements specifically formulated for micropolar media, are presented. The performed simulations, which extend several parametric analyses earlier performed [1], involve two-dimensional media, in the linear framework, subjected to compression loads distributed in a small portion of the medium.
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This research was supported by the Italian Ministry of University and Research: PRIN 2015, project 2015JW9NJT (Grant No. B86J16002300001; Funder ID: 10.13039/501100003407). Sapienza Research Grants “Progetti Medi” 2017 (Grant No. B83C17001440005; Funder ID: 10.13039/501100004271).
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Fantuzzi, N., Trovalusci, P. (2020). Multiscale Analysis of Materials with Anisotropic Microstructure as Micropolar Continua. In: Carcaterra, A., Paolone, A., Graziani, G. (eds) Proceedings of XXIV AIMETA Conference 2019. AIMETA 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41057-5_64
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