Daniel Z. Turner, Bart G. van Bloemen Waanders and
Michael L. Parks
Vol. 10 (2015), No. 5, 573–590
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2015.10.573
Abstract
The following work presents an adjoint-based methodology for solving inverse
problems in heterogeneous and fractured media using state-based peridynamics. We
show that the inner product involving the peridynamic operators is self-adjoint. The
proposed method is illustrated for several numerical examples with constant and
spatially varying material parameters as well as in the context of fractures. We also
present a framework for obtaining material parameters by integrating digital image
correlation (DIC) with inverse analysis. This framework is demonstrated by
evaluating the bulk and shear moduli for a sample of nuclear graphite using digital
photographs taken during the experiment. The resulting measured values correspond
well with other results reported in the literature. Lastly, we show that this framework
can be used to determine the load state given observed measurements of a
crack opening. This type of analysis has many applications in characterizing
subsurface stress-state conditions given fracture patterns in cores of geologic
material.
Keywords
peridynamics, fractured media, inverse problems, digital
image correlation