A 3D Progressive Failure Model for predicting pseudo-ductility in hybrid unidirectional composite materials under fibre tensile loading

This paper presents a three-dimensional Progressive Failure Model based on the chain of bundles able to represent the stiffness loss in unidirectional composite materials loaded in the fibre direction. A representative volume element with a random distribution of fibres with their own radius is cons...

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Autores: Guerrero Garcia, José Manuel, Mayugo Majó, Joan Andreu, Costa i Balanzat, Josep, Turon Travesa, Albert
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/26215
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26215
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Materials compostos
Esforç i tensió
Mecànica de fractura
Composite materials
Strains and stresses
Fracture mechanics
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Sumario:This paper presents a three-dimensional Progressive Failure Model based on the chain of bundles able to represent the stiffness loss in unidirectional composite materials loaded in the fibre direction. A representative volume element with a random distribution of fibres with their own radius is considered. Complete stress distributions around fibre breaks are obtained by associating a damage variable to the loss of stress transfer capability along the ineffective length and applying local stress concentrations. The model has been validated by comparing it against the literature results and exhibits good agreement with hybrids and non-hybrid composites. The aim of this model is to simulate the tensile response of unidirectional composite systems dominated by fibre fragmentation mechanisms using a very reduced computational effort, even for larger representative volume elements, compared to micro-mechanical finite element models