Fracture Mechanics of Composites with Nonhomogeneous Interphases and Nondilute Fiber Volume Fractions
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1994
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7683(94)90190-2
Abstract
A linear elastic fracture mechanics model is developed for a periodic composite geometry with a single cracked layer under uniform longitudinal strain. The interface between the fiber and the matrix can be nonhomogeneous, homogeneous or perfect. Four fracture mechanics models are considered: 1. (1) dilute fiber volume fraction composite with nonhomogeneous interphases. 2. (2) periodic composite with nondilute fiber volume fraction. 3. (3) periodic composite with irregular fiber spacing near a matrix layer. 4. (4) hybrid composites with more than one type of fiber. The stress intensity factors at the crack tips and the interface stress fields are studied to understand the fracture mechanics of composites as a function of the relative elastic moduli of the fiber, the matrix and the interphase, and the global and local fiber volume fractions.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
International Journal of Solids and Structures, v. 31, issue 15, p. 2053-2070
Scholar Commons Citation
Bechel, Vernon T. and Kaw, Autar, "Fracture Mechanics of Composites with Nonhomogeneous Interphases and Nondilute Fiber Volume Fractions" (1994). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications. 188.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/egr_facpub/188
