Intralaminar damage in polymer composites in the presence of finite fiber rotation: Part I – Constitutive model

The nonlinear behavior of fiber-reinforced composite materials is investigated in the presence of both damage evolution and fiber rotation. While damage mechanisms usually decrease the stiffness of the material and cause premature failure, fiber rotation can lead to a stiffening of the material, due...

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Published inComposite structures Vol. 151; pp. 114 - 126
Main Authors Eskandari, Sina, Andrade Pires, F.M., Camanho, P.P., Marques, A.T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2016
Subjects
Constitutive relationships
Damage
Deformed configuration
Delay
Failure
Fiber composites
Fiber rotation
Fibers
Larc failure criteria
Maimi damage model
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Deformed configuration
Fiber rotation
Maimi damage model
Larc failure criteria
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Summary:The nonlinear behavior of fiber-reinforced composite materials is investigated in the presence of both damage evolution and fiber rotation. While damage mechanisms usually decrease the stiffness of the material and cause premature failure, fiber rotation can lead to a stiffening of the material, due to the reorientation of the fiber towards the loading direction, and delay failure. In this paper, fiber rotation is modeled by an analytical solution and incorporated in Maimi damage model. The predictions of the model with and without fiber rotation are analyzed and compared with the experimental results of IM7/8552 carbon–epoxy composite. The results show the importance of including fiber rotation in the constitutive equations and the accuracy of the overall model in predicting final failure of the specimens.
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ISSN:0263-8223
1879-1085
DOI:10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.01.047