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Application of fracture mechanics to composite materials /
This multiauthor volume provides a useful summary of current knowledge on the application of fracture mechanics to composite materials. It has been written to fill the gap between the literature on fundamental principles of fracture mechanics and the special publications on the fracture properties o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY USA :
Elsevier ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.,
1989.
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| Colección: | Composite materials series ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Application of Fracture Mechanics to Composite Materials; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; PART I: GENERAL ASPECTS; Chapter 1. Fracture mechanics of anisotropic materials; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic considerations; 3. G determinations; 4. Stability; 5. Cracks in anisotropic sheets; 6. Damage zones; 7. Conclusions; List of symbols; References; Chapter 2. Statistical concepts in the study of fracture properties of fibers and composites; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Brittle fracture as a statistical phenomenon; 3. Definition and significance of size effects.
- 4. Kinetic and prbabilistic aspects of fracture5. Size effects in fibers: Comparison of LEFM and statistical approaches; 6. Conjectures about size effects in fibers; 7. Statistical fracture of model composites: Recent developments; 8. Recommended research; List of symbols; References; PART II: FRACTURE OF POLYMER COMPOSITES; PART II A. Interlaminar fracture studies; Chapter 3. Interlaminar mode-I fracture testing; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical background; 3. Specimen preparation; 4. Data-reduction methods and models; 5. Test results; 6. The influence of test parameters.
- 7. Delamination mechanisms under mode-I loading8. Mode-I fatigue; 9. Standardization of a mode-I delamination test; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. Mode-II interlaminar fracture of composites; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Analytical approaches; 4. Numerical approaches; 5. Experimental approaches; 6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Relationship of matrix toughness to interlaminar fracture toughness; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Micromechanisms of interlaminar fracture; 3. Strain field mapping around crack tips during interlaminar fracture.
- 4. Mode-I and mode-II critical energy release rates for various composite material systems5. Models for predicting delamination fracture toughness; 6. Summary; References; PART IIB. Fracture of short-fiber reinforced thermoplastics; Chapter 6. Microstructure and fracture mechanical performance of short-fiber Reinforced thermoplastics; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Microstructural details of SFRP; 3. Toughness testing methods; 4. Effects of microstructural parameters on the fracture toughness of selected SFRP systems; 5. j -integral studies with SFRP.
- 6. Concluding comparison of fracture mechanical data (Kc, Gc and Jc) of neat polymers and their short-fiber reinforced composites7. Concluding remarks; Appendix; References for Appendix; List of symbols; References; Chapter 7. The crack layer approach to polymers and composites; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. The crack layer theory; 3. Applications of the CL model; 4. Closing remarks; 5. Appendix; References; PART IIC. Complex fracture in composite laminates; Chapter 8. Damage mechanisms
- including edge effects
- in carbon fiber-reinforced composite materials; Abstract; 1. Introduction.