Effect of imperfect interphase on overall average mechanical properties and local stress fields of multiphase composite materials

Composites ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 347-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.R. Chen ◽  
X.F. Su ◽  
F.W. Williams
Author(s):  
Ramesh Talreja

Structural integrity of composite materials is governed by failure mechanisms that initiate at the scale of the microstructure. The local stress fields evolve with the progression of the failure mechanisms. Within the full span from initiation to criticality of the failure mechanisms, the governing length scales in a fibre-reinforced composite change from the fibre size to the characteristic fibre-architecture sizes, and eventually to a structural size, depending on the composite configuration and structural geometry as well as the imposed loading environment. Thus, a physical modelling of failure in composites must necessarily be of multi-scale nature, although not always with the same hierarchy for each failure mode. With this background, the paper examines the currently available main composite failure theories to assess their ability to capture the essential features of failure. A case is made for an alternative in the form of physical modelling and its skeleton is constructed based on physical observations and systematic analysis of the basic failure modes and associated stress fields and energy balances. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Multiscale modelling of the structural integrity of composite materials’.


2019 ◽  
Vol 156-157 ◽  
pp. 294-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo P. Tavares ◽  
Jose M. Guerrero ◽  
Fermin Otero ◽  
Albert Turon ◽  
Joan A. Mayugo ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 798 ◽  
pp. 430-434
Author(s):  
Salma Barboura ◽  
Jugurtha Meddour ◽  
Mohammed Haboussi ◽  
Mouhand Said Kachi ◽  
Laurent Royon

This work is devoted to the study of thermal and mechanical properties (stiffness and thermal conductivity tensors) of multiphase composite materials (mortar with PCMs). A micro-macro modeling is presented in order to predict these properties by using some classical homogenization schemes. The effective thermo-mechanical behavior is then analyzed by considering various PCM particle forms, concentrations, and orientations.


A study review of aging polymer composite materials (PCM) under different heat-moisture conditions or water exposure with the sequential or parallel influence of static or cyclic loads in laboratory conditions is presented. The influence of tension and bending loads is compared. Conditions of the different load influence on parameters of carbon-reinforced plastics and glass-reinforced plastics are discussed. Equipment and units for climatic tests of PCM under loading are described. Simulation examples of indices of mechanical properties of PCM under the influence of environment and loads are shown.


A study review of aging polymer composite materials (PCM) under different heat-moisture conditions or water exposure with the sequential or parallel influence of static or cyclic loads in laboratory conditions is presented. The influence of tension and bending loads is compared. Conditions of the different load influence on parameters of carbon-reinforced plastics and glass-reinforced plastics are discussed. Equipment and units for climatic tests of PCM under loading are described. Simulation examples of indices of mechanical properties of PCM under the influence of environment and loads are shown.


Author(s):  
Georgel MIHU ◽  
Claudia Veronica UNGUREANU ◽  
Vasile BRIA ◽  
Marina BUNEA ◽  
Rodica CHIHAI PEȚU ◽  
...  

Epoxy resins have been presenting a lot of scientific and technical interests and organic modified epoxy resins have recently receiving a great deal of attention. For obtaining the composite materials with good mechanical proprieties, a large variety of organic modification agents were used. For this study gluten and gelatin had been used as modifying agents thinking that their dispersion inside the polymer could increase the polymer biocompatibility. Equal amounts of the proteins were milled together and the obtained compound was used to form 1 to 5% weight ratios organic agents modified epoxy materials. To highlight the effect of these proteins in epoxy matrix mechanical tests as three-point bending and compression were performed.


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