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Mechanical behavior of porous solid considering mesoscopic elastic buckling
Author(s) -
Zhang HaoYue,
Hu XiaoXong,
Zhao GaoFeng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1096-9853
pISSN - 0363-9061
DOI - 10.1002/nag.3029
Subject(s) - buckling , porosity , materials science , mesoscopic physics , pervious concrete , porous medium , solid mechanics , tortuosity , work (physics) , nonlinear system , structural engineering , composite material , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , cement
Summary In this work, the elastic buckling of porous solids was investigated using a lattice spring model (LSM). The capability of the LSM to solve elastic buckling problems was comprehensively verified by comparing well‐established numerical and analytical solutions. Following this, the buckling of a porous solid was studied, in which two porous structures were considered, ie, the random porous model and the Voronoi porous model. The results reveal that both the porosity and the shape of the pores influence the elastic buckling bearing capacity of the porous solid. Finally, the mechanical responses of a porous solid with an extra high porosity (0.85) were numerically investigated. Our numerical results demonstrated that the nonlinear elastic response of the porous solid might come from its mesoscale elastic buckling. This work shows the ability and promise of using the LSM as a fundamental numerical tool for the deep investigation of the buckling mechanical behavior of porous solids.