Complex Behavior Models and Meso Scale Simulation

Complex behavior models (plasticity, cracks, viscoelasticity) face some theoretical difficulties for the determination of the behavior law at the continuous scale. When homogenization fails to give the right behavior law, a solution is to simulate the material at a meso scale in order to simulate directly a set of discrete properties that are responsible for the macroscopic behavior.

The discrete element model has been developed for granular material. The proposed set shows how this method is capable of solving the problem of complex behavior that is linked to discrete meso scale effects.