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Phenomenological modeling of the stress-strain behaivor of ceramic matrix composites with application to stress analysis

Conference ·
OSTI ID:175299
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  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
A plane stress constitutive relation is developed for laminate composites undergoing matrix cracking and therefore displaying significant nonlinear stress-strain behavior. The constitutive relation is similar in some respects to a phenomenological theory of plasticity in that it is fit to data from uniaxial tests. The constitutive equations are specialized to brittle matrix composites (especially CMCs) in the form of cross-piles and quasi-isotropic laminates. Several problems involving stress redistribution at holes and notches due to nonlinear stress-strain behavior are investigated with the aid of the constitutive law.
OSTI ID:
175299
Report Number(s):
CONF-950686--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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