Analysis of a unidirectional composite containing broken fibers and matrix damage
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Engineering Fracture Mechanics
- Vol. 13 (3), 563-578
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0013-7944(80)90086-7
Abstract
An analytical solution is developed for the determination of the stresses and displacements in a unidirectional fiber-reinforced composite containing an arbitrary number of broken fibers as well as longitudinal yielding and splitting of the matrix. The solution is developed using a “materials-modeling” approach which is based on a shear-lag stress transfer mechanism. The equilibrium equation in the axial direction gives a pair of integral equations which are solved numerically. Excellent agreement is shown to exist between the solution and experimental results for notched unidirectional boron/aluminum laminates without splitting. For brittle matrix composites (i.e. epoxy) equally good results are indicated for both matrix yielding and splitting. For yielding without splitting the fracture strength is found to depend on crack length while for large splitting it is crack length independent.Keywords
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