%0 Conference Proceedings %T Numerical study of the failure of materials embedding soft to hard particles %+ Ingénierie des Agro-polymères et Technologies Émergentes (UMR IATE) %+ Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil (LMGC) %+ Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Divisés (PMMD) %+ Multiscale Material Science for Energy and Environment (MSE 2) %A Frank, Xavier %A Delenne, Jean-Yves %A Radjai, Farhang %< avec comité de lecture %( EPJ Web of Conferences %B International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media (Powders & Grains) %C Montpellier, France %I EDP Sciences %3 EPJ Web of Conferences %8 2017-07-03 %D 2017 %R 10.1051/epjconf/201714002029 %K simulation models %K composite material %K granular structure %K structure granulaire %K modèle de simulation %K étude numérique %K test mécanique %K matériau composite %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]Conference papers %X In this study, we use a bond-based peridynamic approach to investigate the mechanical strengthand cracking of composite materials with spherical inclusions. The total volume fraction of particles and theparticle-matrix toughness ratio were varied to cover a range of soft to hard inclusions. The mean particledamage was characterized together with crack patterns at a sub-particle scale. Three types of crack patterns areidentified depending on the toughness ratio. %G English %2 https://hal.science/hal-01595485/document %2 https://hal.science/hal-01595485/file/Frank-PG-2017_%7BAB2B7EC4-3E10-4CFC-9CAB-C7307362B9E1%7D.pdf %L hal-01595485 %U https://hal.science/hal-01595485 %~ CIRAD %~ CNRS %~ UNIV-MONTP2 %~ INRA %~ IATE %~ LMGC %~ CGP-GATEWAY %~ AGREENIUM %~ MIPS %~ BA %~ UNIV-MONTPELLIER %~ INSTITUT-AGRO-MONTPELLIER %~ INRAE %~ INRAEOCCITANIEMONTPELLIER %~ UM-2015-2021 %~ INSTITUT-AGRO