Analytical and Numerical Study of the Size Effect on the Failure Response of Hierarchical Structures

Recent interests in developing bio-inspired structures necessitate a better understanding of the onset and evolution of failure in hierarchical structures. With the use of different constitutive models, analytical and numerical studies are performed to explore the size effect on the structural failure response of bar members in a parallel arrangement. It is found from the analytical and numerical results that the shorter the member, the more...