Published in EPJ Web of Conferences
In this study, we rely on a ’bond-based’ peridynamic approach to investigate the strength and failure of 2D particles containing a collection of 1D microcracks. The mechanical tests were performed on disks under diametral compression. In an extensive parametric study, the distribution of microcracks was varied for different particle sizes. The evol...
Published in EPJ Web of Conferences
In this study, we use a bond-based peridynamic approach to investigate the mechanical strength and cracking of composite materials with spherical inclusions. The total volume fraction of particles and the particle-matrix toughness ratio were varied to cover a range of soft to hard inclusions. The mean particle damage was characterized together with...
The effect of temperature during cellulose compression has been studied using mechanical testing, particle size analysis, density and pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) measurements, crystallinity index, scanning electron microscope photographs and water sorption isotherms. Commercial cellulose powder samples with different crystallinity levels were...
