Development of computational design tools for characterising and modelling cutting in ultra soft solids
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Author(s)
Skamniotis, CG
Charalambides, MN
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Computational modelling of the in vivo mechanical response of various biological materials within the human organism, such as brain tissue, bone, arteries, ingested food, is an increasingly cost-effective design tool for bio-medical, bio-engineering and surgical applications. This study addresses the knowledge gap in simulating deformation-fracture during cutting in continua that lie in the transition between a soft solid and a complex fluid state. Hydrated food is one such system produced naturally after swallowing. We show that a viscoplastic-damage constitutive law calibrated through compression tests on hydrated biscuit particles, can be utilised in Eulerian Finite Element (FE) analysis to predict complex localised deformation-fracture material behaviour during cutting at two length scales with high fidelity. We demonstrate that in such materials a fracture term is not always necessary to predict ultimate separation and that the Eulerian FE analysis is a versatile approach based on which largely different material cutting behaviours can be modelled. Our study provides a platform for understanding and optimising processes involving ultra-soft materials which flow excessively and exhibit weak or strong cutting resistance.
Date Issued
2020-10-01
Date Acceptance
2020-08-24
Citation
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020, 40, pp.1-17
ISSN
2352-4316
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1
End Page
17
Journal / Book Title
Extreme Mechanics Letters
Volume
40
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000577470700052&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Grant Number
BB/P023851/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Mechanical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Mechanics
Engineering
Materials Science
Biological material
Viscoplastic-damage law
Eulerian Finite Element analysis
Wire-cylindrical cutting
Micro-cracking
Moisture content
DISCRETE PARTICLE SIMULATION
FINITE-ELEMENT MODEL
MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION
PARTICULATE SYSTEMS
FRICTION
SPH
KINEMATICS
BREAKDOWN
RHEOLOGY
BREAKAGE
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 100964
Date Publish Online
2020-09-11