A New Material Model for Agglomerated Cork

It is increasingly necessary to promote means of production that are less polluting and harmful the environment following UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development. Using natural cellular materials in structural applications can be essential enabling a future this direction. Cork material with an excellent energy absorption capacity. Its use engineering products has grown over time, so predicting its mechanical response through numerical tools crucial. Classical cork modeling uses model developed foam material, including adjustment function does not have clear physical interpretation. This work presents new agglomerated based solely on well-known hypotheses continuum mechanics using fewer parameters than classical further finite element framework validate against experimental data.