Computational homogenization of plastic porous media with two populations of voids

Abstract

The macroscopic yield response of random porous media containing two populations of spherical voids is investigated via large volume computations. The computed yield surface is compared to analytical criteria recently developed for the above-mentioned porous media. To overcome the observed discrepancies, the analytical models are modified by introducing additional parameters which are numerically derived. These parameters depend neither on the void volume fraction nor on the void size. Large volume computations are also used to build the yield surface for porous media containing a single population of randomly distributed spherical voids. The results show that, for an identical fraction of porosities, there is no significant difference between a double and a single population of voids. This result implies that the yield response of porous media containing two populations of voids may be also described by analytical criteria developed in the case of a single population.