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Eduardo Rondon
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Introduction
Study of composites is a relatively new branch of Engineering
Micromechanics dates back to the 1960s with research such
Introduction
Although many models are present, few have been compared
Since predictions are so empirical, they depend highly on
Introduction
Often in composites, failure is determined by compressive
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Kinking is highly localized fiber buckling. It is only occurs
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inhomogeneous 2D continuum
Specifically, included spatial variation in the axial Youngs
modulus to represent fibers and matrix
Their models higher bound coincided with Rosen, the lower
bound is seen below
kink propagation
Assume a composite of finite dimensions containing a kink
originating at a free edge or weak point
Calculated work required to propagate the kink band until all
layers
y were damaged
g
and T-300/5208
T 300/5208 carbon/epoxy
Lo and Chim used the most common data sets available in the literature (even
for the same material, the literature contains many variations in reported
strengths)
Compressive strength data for the E-glass composite
FiberVolumeFraction,Vf
Longitudinal Compressive Strength, Xc [MPa]
LongitudinalCompressiveStrength,Xc[MPa]
0.3
583
0.37
555
0.46
673
0.55
475
0.55
0.59
0.62
0.65
0.66
0.70
1570
1228
1516
1585
1508
1500
Results
Xu-Reifsnider fits CFRP (right) pretty well, but is a poor
Results
Budiansky gives good results for a misalignment angle of
Results
Overall, Budiansky and Xu-Reifnsider were by far the most
Conclusions
It is found Xu-Reifsnider and Budiansky models predict the
Questions?
References
R. F. Gibson, Principles of Composite Material Mechanics. Boca