Damage in Short-Fiber Composites: From the Microscale to the Continuum Solid
Conference
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OSTI ID:900218
This paper proposes a multiscale mechanistic approach to damage in short-fiber polymer composites (SFPC). At the microscale, the damage mechanisms are analyzed using micromechanical modeling, and the associated damage variables are defined. The stiffness reduction law dependent on these variables is then established. The macroscopic response is determined using thermodynamics of continuous media, continuum damage mechanics and finite element analysis. Final failure resulting from saturation of matrix microcracks, fiber/matrix debonding, fiber pull-out and breakage is modeled by a vanishing element technique. The model was validated using the experimental data and results from literature, as well as the data determined for a random glass/vinyl ester system.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 900218
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-41425
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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