An elastic‐viscoplastic finite element model for multimaterials: Formulation and experimental validation

A finite element model for multimaterial configurations is presented. The material behavior of each body within a composite material is given by an elastic‐viscoplastic constitutive law. Automatic remeshing techniques which preserve the topology of the different bodies of material are used to simulate large deformations of the multiphasic system. An experimental set‐up has been designed in order to simulate the compaction of multilayer composite materials. Plasticine was chosen as a model material. Experimental results are used to validate the finite element model for consolidation of multilayer composites.