Peridynamics(PD)is a powerful method to simulate the discontinuous problems in civil engineering.However,it may take a lot of effort to implement the material constitutive models into PD program for solving a broad ra...Peridynamics(PD)is a powerful method to simulate the discontinuous problems in civil engineering.However,it may take a lot of effort to implement the material constitutive models into PD program for solving a broad range of problems.OpenSees is an open source software which includes a versatile material library and has been widely used by researchers and engineers in civil engineering.In this context,the paper presents a simple but effective approach to integrate PD with OpenSees by using a Client-Server(CS)software integration technique,such that the existing material constitutive models in OpenSees can be directly used by PD.Two applications are presented to verify the new PD-OpenSees platform.The first one is a plate with a pre-crack subject to horizontal load simulated using a three-dimension(3D)multi-yield-surfaces plasticity model,and the second one is a concrete block with a rectangular hole subject to a uniaxial loading condition simulated using a 3D Cap plasticity model.It shows that the generation/propagation of cracks of the elastoplastic materials(e.g.,concrete and soil)can be analyzed by combing PD and three-dimensional plasticity constitutive models without compiling/linking these complex material models into PD program.Thus,the integrated PDOpenSees platform presented herein is potentially capable to solve a wide range of complex problems in civil engineering.展开更多
基金The authors acknowledge the financial supports from the National Key Research and Development Program of China with Grant No.2016YFC0701106the National Natural Science Foundation of China with Grant Nos.51261120376 and 51578473.The authors would like to thank Arjen Markus for his work on the ftcl module used in the Fortran program.
文摘Peridynamics(PD)is a powerful method to simulate the discontinuous problems in civil engineering.However,it may take a lot of effort to implement the material constitutive models into PD program for solving a broad range of problems.OpenSees is an open source software which includes a versatile material library and has been widely used by researchers and engineers in civil engineering.In this context,the paper presents a simple but effective approach to integrate PD with OpenSees by using a Client-Server(CS)software integration technique,such that the existing material constitutive models in OpenSees can be directly used by PD.Two applications are presented to verify the new PD-OpenSees platform.The first one is a plate with a pre-crack subject to horizontal load simulated using a three-dimension(3D)multi-yield-surfaces plasticity model,and the second one is a concrete block with a rectangular hole subject to a uniaxial loading condition simulated using a 3D Cap plasticity model.It shows that the generation/propagation of cracks of the elastoplastic materials(e.g.,concrete and soil)can be analyzed by combing PD and three-dimensional plasticity constitutive models without compiling/linking these complex material models into PD program.Thus,the integrated PDOpenSees platform presented herein is potentially capable to solve a wide range of complex problems in civil engineering.
