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Numerical Study on Ductile Failure Behaviours of Steel Structures under Quasi-static Punch Loading

Version 1 : Received: 15 May 2023 / Approved: 16 May 2023 / Online: 16 May 2023 (03:18:07 CEST)

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Cai, W.; Zhou, Z.; Qian, X.; Cao, D.; Li, S.; Zhu, L.; Hu, H. Numerical Study on Ductile Failure Behaviours of Steel Structures under Quasi-Static Punch Loading. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 1197. Cai, W.; Zhou, Z.; Qian, X.; Cao, D.; Li, S.; Zhu, L.; Hu, H. Numerical Study on Ductile Failure Behaviours of Steel Structures under Quasi-Static Punch Loading. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 1197.

Abstract

A reliable finite element procedure to simulate shear-dominated ductile fracture in large-scale, thin-walled steel structures is still evolving due primarily to the challenges in determining the fracture criterion of steel materials under complex stress states. This paper aims to examine the accuracy of the modified Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) model considering the shear failure in simulating ductile fracture of steel plate structures under quasi-static punch loading. The modified GTN damage models are performed by ABAQUS user defined material subroutine (VUMAT). The void related parameters and shear damage parameters of Xue’s and N-H modified GTN models are calibrated from test specimens with various geometries corresponding to different stress triaxiality and shearing conditions. The damage evolution associated with the shearing of voids in the modified GTN models has strong influences on the stress triaxiality versus equivalent plastic strain under complex stress states, especially for the shear dominated loading conditions. Based on the original GTN model, Xue’s model, and N-H modified GTN model with calibrated material parameters, a numerical comparative study examines the ductile fracture of steel non-stiffened plate and stiffened plate under punch loading. Benchmarked against the experimental studies, the numerical simulations demonstrate that the shear driven void evolution in the modified GTN model imposes significant effects on the load-displacement responses, as well as the onset and extension of ductile fracture in steel plates under punch actions. The N-H modified model with calibrated shear damage parameters shows a better correlation with the ductile fractures in steel plates observed in the experiment, than the original GTN model and Xue’s modified GTN model. As a result of this study, the modified GTN model considering the shear failure can be applied for practical applications in the crashworthiness assessment of ship collision and grounding.

Keywords

steel structures; ductile fracture; modified GTN model; shear failure; punch loading

Subject

Engineering, Marine Engineering

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