Fracture of disordered and stochastic lattice materials

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Autori principali: Fulco, Sage, Purohit, Prashant K., Budzik, Michal K., Turner, Kevin T.
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Fulco, Sage
Purohit, Prashant K.
Budzik, Michal K.
Turner, Kevin T.
author_facet Fulco, Sage
Purohit, Prashant K.
Budzik, Michal K.
Turner, Kevin T.
contents The failure of mechanical metamaterials is a function of the interplay between the properties of the base material and the microstructural geometry. Stochastic failure properties of the base material and disordered microstructural geometries can contribute to variations in the global failure mechanics that are not captured in traditional analyses of ordered, deterministic architected materials. We present a probabilistic framework that couples stochastic material failure and geometric disorder to predict failure in lattice mechanical metamaterials. These predictions are verified through finite element analysis, which confirm that disorder and stochasticity affect both the mean and variance of the damage initiation load in a lattice, with average failure loads being generally reduced and variance increasing with higher levels of disorder and stochasticity. The fracto-cohesive length and representative volume element size are also predicted and constrain the minimum defect and lattice sizes, respectively, for failure to be considered a fracture process. The framework is extended to consider the fracture behavior of the lattice, the development of damage zones, and their impact on the steady-state fracture toughness.
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spellingShingle Fracture of disordered and stochastic lattice materials
Fulco, Sage
Purohit, Prashant K.
Budzik, Michal K.
Turner, Kevin T.
Materials Science
The failure of mechanical metamaterials is a function of the interplay between the properties of the base material and the microstructural geometry. Stochastic failure properties of the base material and disordered microstructural geometries can contribute to variations in the global failure mechanics that are not captured in traditional analyses of ordered, deterministic architected materials. We present a probabilistic framework that couples stochastic material failure and geometric disorder to predict failure in lattice mechanical metamaterials. These predictions are verified through finite element analysis, which confirm that disorder and stochasticity affect both the mean and variance of the damage initiation load in a lattice, with average failure loads being generally reduced and variance increasing with higher levels of disorder and stochasticity. The fracto-cohesive length and representative volume element size are also predicted and constrain the minimum defect and lattice sizes, respectively, for failure to be considered a fracture process. The framework is extended to consider the fracture behavior of the lattice, the development of damage zones, and their impact on the steady-state fracture toughness.
title Fracture of disordered and stochastic lattice materials
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21187