Multiscale analysis method for thermo-mechanical performance of periodic porous materials with interior surface radiation

This study develops a novel multiscale analysis method to predict thermo-mechanical performance of periodic porous materials with interior surface radiation. In these materials, thermal radiation effect at microscale has an important impact on the macroscopic temperature and stress field, which is our particular interest in this paper. Firstly, the multiscale asymptotic expansions for computing the dynamic thermo-mechanical coupling problem, which considers the mutual interaction between temperature and displacement field, are given successively. Then, the corresponding numerical algorithm based on the finite element-difference method is brought forward in details. Finally, some numerical results are presented to verify the validity and relevancy of the proposed method by comparing it with a direct finite element analysis with detailed numerical models. The comparison shows that the new method is effective and valid for predicting the thermo-mechanical performance and can capture the microstructure behavior of periodic porous materials exactly.s Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.