Using genetic algorithms to optimize the material behaviour model in finite element models of processes with cyclic loads

  1. Lostado, R. 1
  2. Martínez-De-Pisón, F.J. 1
  3. Fernández, R. 1
  4. Fernández, J. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Aldizkaria:
Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

ISSN: 0309-3247

Argitalpen urtea: 2011

Alea: 46

Zenbakia: 2

Orrialdeak: 143-159

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.1243/03093247JSA638 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-79551546324 WoS: WOS:000286595700006 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Beste argitalpen batzuk: Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Laburpena

To ensure realistic results in modelling processes for analysing strains in material using finite element (FE) models, it is essential to have a model of the material that is as close to reality as possible, especially when materials are subject to cyclic loads, because the gap in behaviour between actual materials and simulated models widens as the number of cycles increases owing to the Bauschinger effect, ratchetting, and other effects. This paper sets out a fully automated method for determining the most appropriate material behaviour model (linear or non-linear) for use in numerical simulation programs and the optimum constitutive parameters that define that model, on the basis of experimental data and the combined use of genetic algorithms (GAs) and finite elements (FEs). As a practical example, the method is applied to determine the optimum material model for ZSTE 800 high-strength steel with a view to simulating its behaviour in a cyclic stress-compression process with controlled strain and a variable number of cycles. © 2011 Author.