Computational Methodology for Modeling Fracture in Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites Academic Article

abstract

• A framework is presented for analyzing the inelastic behavior and fracture of polymer matrix composites. Physics-based viscoplastic constitutive equations are used and supplemented with a matrix cracking model and an energy-based debonding model. The capabilities of the framework are illustrated by finite-element solutions of boundary-value problems under plane strain conditions using the unit-cell concept. In the application, focus is centered on the effect of manufacturing induced voids on local modes of fracture under both tension and compression. 2009 ASCE.

authors

• Benzerga, Amine
• Talreja, Ramesh

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

author list (cited authors)

• Benzerga, A. A., Poulain, X., Chowdhury, K. A., & Talreja, R.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Benzerga, AA||Poulain, X||Chowdhury, KA||Talreja, R

publication date

• July 2009

publisher

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Aerospace Engineering  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4001 Aerospace Engineering
• 4016 Materials Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2009)22:3(296)

start page

• 296

end page

• 303

volume

• 22

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0893-1321(2009)22:3(296)