In this paper higher-order multiscale analysis method for thermo-mechanical coupling problems in quasi-periodic composite structures is considered.A second-order two-scale (SOTS) asymptotic expansion method is developed based on the steady-state nonlinear thermo-mechanical coupling governing equations for effectively predicting the thermomechanical behavior of quasi-periodic materials.In the method, multiscale asymptotic expansions of the temperature and displacement fields is firstly utilized, then the first-order and second-order cell functions and homogenized coefficients are computed to establish corresponding homogenized equations, finally the second-order two-scale approximate solutions are obtained.A specialized finite element algorithm is designed to address the nonlinear nature of the problem through representative macroscopic temperature sampling, computation of temperature-dependent cell functions and homogenized coefficients, interpolation-based determination of homogenized material parameters and cell functions, and direct iteration method for solving homogenized equations.Numerical examples demonstrate that the proposed method can achieve remarkable computational efficiency while maintaining excellent accuracy in comparison with the conventional finite element approaches.This significant improvement in computational performance makes the method particularly valuable for large-scale engineering applications, especially in nuclear reactor safety assessment where both accuracy and efficiency are crucial for thermal-mechanical analysis.Furthermore, the method has great potential for optimal design applications in advanced composite materials, where repeated multiscale simulations are often required for parameter optimization and performance evaluation.
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