Computer modeling of the mechanical behavior of composites -- Interfacial cracks in fiber-reinforced materials
- Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Metallforschung, Stuttgart (Germany). Inst. fuer Werkstoffwissenschaft
Computer modeling of materials and especially modeling the mechanical behavior of composites became increasingly popular in the past few years. Among them are examples of micromechanical modeling of real structures as well as idealized model structures of linear elastic and elasto-plastic material response. In this paper, Erdogan`s Integral Equation Method (IEM) is chosen as an example for a powerful method providing principle insight into elastic fracture mechanical situations. IEM or, alternatively, complex function techniques sometimes even allow for deriving analytical solutions such as in the case of a circumferential crack along a fiber/matrix interface. The analytical formulae of this interface crack will be analyzed numerically and typical results will be presented graphically.
- OSTI ID:
- 271740
- Journal Information:
- Scripta Materialia, Vol. 34, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: 15 Jun 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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