Computational nonlinear stochastic homogenization using a nonconcurrent multiscale approach for hyperelastic heterogeneous microstructures analysis

Abstract

SUMMARYThis paper is devoted to the computational nonlinear stochastic homogenization of a hyperelastic heterogeneous microstructure using a nonconcurrent multiscale approach. The geometry of the microstructure is random. The nonconcurrent multiscale approach for micro‐macro nonlinear mechanics is extended to the stochastic case. Because the nonconcurrent multiscale approach is based on the use of a tensorial decomposition, which is then submitted to the curse of dimensionality, we perform an analysis with respect to the stochastic dimension. The technique uses a database describing the strain energy density function (potential) in both the macroscopic Cauchy green strain space and the geometrical random parameters domain. Each value of the potential is numerically computed by means of the FEM on an elementary cell whose geometry is given by the random parameters and the corresponding macroscopic strains being prescribed as boundary conditions. An interpolation scheme is finally introduced to obtain a continuous explicit form of the potential, which, by derivation, allows to evaluate the macroscopic stress and elastic tangent tensors during the macroscopic structural computations. Two numerical examples are presented. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.