Accelerated aging of unidirectional hybrid composites under the long-term elevated temperature and moisture concentration

Despite their high performances, composites with polymer matrix are very sensible to the increase in temperature and moisture concentration. During long years of services, both phenomena cause a critical transient hygrothermal transverse stresses, particularly at first-ply; i.e. at two edges of the composite plates. Therefore, significant degradation of hygrothermal characteristics and ultimate strengths of materials are occurred. To get an explicit relation between the durability and the damage probability of the composite, quadratic failure criterion in stress space is used. This criterion enables us to find a direct relation between transient hygrothermal stresses produced by the increase in temperature and moisture concentration and the ultimate strengths. It is necessary to calculate the strength ratio R from initial to saturation time for each condition imposed of temperature and moisture concentration. The strength ratio gives a point of view on the damage probability of the composite plates, where the rupture occurs if R = 1. In order to limit the consequences of simultaneous effects of temperature and moisture concentration, unidirectional hybrid composites in graphite epoxy was proposed. To reach this aim, hygrothermal transverse stresses are calculated through the thickness of unidirectional hybrid plate. Finally, the strength ratio was evaluated along of the plate with a gradual increase in temperature and moisture concentration.     

Interlaminar hygrothermal stresses in laminated plates

Within the elasticity formulation the most general displacement field for hygrothermal problems of long laminated composite plates is presented. The equivalent single-layer theories are then employed to determine the global deformation parameters appearing in the displacement fields of general cross-ply, symmetric, and antisymmetric angle-ply laminates under thermal and hygroscopic loadings. Reddy’s layerwise theory is subsequently used to determine the local deformation parameters of various displacement fields. An elasticity solution is also developed in order to validate the efficiency and accuracy of the layerwise theory in predicting the interlaminar normal and shear stress distributions. Finally, various numerical results are presented for edge-effect problems of several cross-ply, symmetric, and antisymmetric angle-ply laminates subjected to uniform hygrothermal loads. All results indicate high stress gradients of interlaminar normal and shear stresses near the edges of laminates.     

Damage of hybrid composites under long term hygrothermal loading and stacking sequence

The exposure of polymeric composite matrix to a cyclic moist environment produces transient residual stresses extremely important at the edges of the laminated plates, particularly at first times. In cases of critical cyclic environmental conditions, the damage of composites becomes very probable, so durability is intensively reduced. To avoid the damage probability, and to reduce the transient hygrothermal stresses, in our paper the hybrid composites with optimal stacking sequences are used. The first aim of this paper is the determination of hygrothermal characteristics for balanced stacking sequences [θ/−θ]_nS. Therefore, in order to locate the favourite directions of each stacking sequence, the polar representation method is adopted. The suitable choice of hygrothermal characteristics, allows thereafter, the reduction of transient hygrothermal stresses. By using the quadratic failure criterion in stress space, the transient strength ratio is evaluated at first ply of the hybrid plate for each sequences [θ/−θ]_nS from initial time until saturation time. Avoid the damage probability is reached by the reduction of transient hygrothermal stresses along the thickness of the hybrid plate. To locate the minimal and maximal stresses, a progressive variation of the relationship between the thicknesses h₁ and h₂ of hybrid composites constituents AS3501 and T300/5208 was carried out. In this way five cases are proposed, on which, the thickness of each material varies gradually, but the total thickness of our plate remains constant. This procedure permits us to find the best configuration which will offer favourable conditions of services, i.e., to predict a considerable reduction of hygrothermal transverse stresses at both edges of the hybrid plate.     

老化对PP/SSFs导电复合材料结构及 应力松弛性能的影响

导电高聚物复合材料具有柔性好、导电性可调、容易成型及生产成本低等优点,并具有抗静电、电磁屏蔽/吸波、压力/温度敏感性 等特点,可以作为功能材料在诸多领域应用. 但是在加工、储运和使用过程中,由于多种因素综合影响,不可避免发生老化并导致其性能劣化. 通过熔融共混、注塑成型的方法制备不锈钢短纤维(SSFs)填充聚丙烯(PP)导电复合材料,将其进行加速湿热老化和紫外老化,测定应 力松弛曲线以及松弛条件下电阻率变化规律,通过X射线粉末衍射仪分析老化前后结晶度的变化,借助扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察研究老化前后材 料的微观形貌,并进行能谱(EDS)分析. 研究结果表明,应力松弛曲线有明显的三阶段特征,且湿热老化材料松弛后的应力水平降低. 材料的初始电阻率随填料含量的增加而降低,老化使材料的初始电阻率增大. 由于导电高聚物的压阻效应,使得达到应力松弛起始应力前,即材料在获得特定应力的加载阶段,电阻率随载荷增加显著降低,而在随后 的松弛阶段,材料电阻率则趋于一个稳定值并在较小的范围内波动. SEM/EDS分析结果表明,随着老化时间的延长,试样表面氧元素含量增加,且氧元素含量随距表面深度的增加而减小. XRD分析结果表明,材料的结晶度随填料含量的增加而减小,随老化时间的延长也呈减小趋势. 研究结果可为研究导电高聚物复合材料的老化性能提供实验依据.      

湿热环境对挖补修理后复合材料层合板振动特性的影响

通过对湿热环境下阶梯挖补胶接修理后碳纤维/双马树脂(T300/QY8911)层合板振动特性的分析,探究了挖补修理后碳纤维/双马树脂层合板在不同湿热效应下的振动特性。基于Mindlin-Reissner板理论与最小势能变分原理,在考虑湿热效应前提下,推导了正交各向异性复合材料层合板的本构关系及四边简支条件下的自由振动控制方程;其次,利用ABAQUS软件建立了三维黏弹性有限元挖补修理模型,应用Fortran语言将湿热耦合下的应力-应变本构关系编入UMAT二次开发文件中,采用三维八节点五自由度等参单元进行了离散。通过与参考文献对照,验证了胶接修理后T300/QY8911层合板有限元模型和编译的湿热环境下UMAT子程序的合理性与有效性。算例结果表明:湿热环境对挖补修理后层合板固有频率的影响比对完整层合板严重;温度对材料性能的影响大于湿度;相比于材料性能变化对振动特性的影响,湿热残余应力对胶接修理后层合板振动特性的影响占主导;参考环境下,胶接修理后层合板的固有频率增大;湿应力对层合板固有频率的影响大于热应力。     

基于边界位移的复合材料力学参数无损反演方法

非均质材料参数识别在工程学、医学以及生物力学等众多领域具有重要意义.目前求解材料参数识别这类反问题主要采用优化方法,通常需要已知结构的全场位移信息,使含有位移的目标函数最小化,从而获得材料参数分布.然而在实际工程中,结构内部的位移较难测量且测量精度低.因此,本文拟提出一类仅利用边界位移就能进行非均质材料参数分布反演的方...     

帘线/橡胶复合材料各向异性黏-超弹性本构模型

帘线/橡胶复合材料广泛应用于轮胎等重要工程领域,为了描述其在服役条件下的大变形、非线性、各向异性和高应变率等材料力学行为,基于纤维增强复合材料连续介质力学理论,提出了一种考虑应变率效应的帘线/橡胶复合材料各向异性黏-超弹性本构模型. 该模型中单位体积的应变能被解耦为便于参数识别的基体等容变形能、帘线拉伸变形能、剪切应变能和黏性应变能四部分. 给出了模型参数的确定方法,并通过拟合文献中单轴拉伸、偏轴拉伸实验数据,得到了模型参数. 利用该模型预测了不同加载和变形条件下的力学行为,并将预测结果与实验结果对比分析. 结果表明, 考虑黏性模型和不考虑黏性模型对不同应变率变形条件下的预测结果相差很大,且考虑黏性模型的预测结果与实验结果吻合很好. 因此,与不考虑黏性模型相比,所提出的各向异性黏-超弹性本构模型能更好地表征帘线/橡胶复合材料在大变形、高应变率条件下的力学特性.      

炭黑增强橡胶复合材料力学行为的三维数值模拟

本文基于炭黑填充橡胶复合材料具有周期性细观结构的假设,采用一种新的、改进的随机序列吸附算法建立了三维多球颗粒随机分布式代表性体积单元,并通过细观力学有限元方法对炭黑颗粒填充橡胶复合材料的力学行为进行了模拟仿真。研究结果表明：采用改进的随机序列吸附算法所建立的模型更加便于有限元离散化;模拟中周期性边界条件的约束,使其更加符合实际约束的真实情况;炭黑填充橡胶复合材料的有效模量明显高于未填充橡胶材料,并随着炭黑颗粒所占体积分数的增加而增大;通过比较发现,本文提出的多球颗粒随机分布式三维数值模型对复合材料的应力-应变行为和有效弹性模量的预测结果与实验结果吻合良好,证实了该模型能够用于炭黑颗粒增强橡胶基复合材料有效性能的模拟分析。     

On the solution of three-dimensional boundary-value problems for layered bodies with nonplanar interfaces

The interfaces play an important role in various buildup bodies, and also in the composite materials and structural elements. Special monographs [7, 8] have been devoted to this question, presenting the results of scientific studies of the physical and chemical phenomena on the interfaces, the mechanical behavior, and the role of the interfaces in the damage processes, and also their influence on the basic mechanical properties of the composites. In many cases the interfaces deviate from the ideal geometric shapes: planar (in the layered composites), circular cylindrical (in the fibrous composites), and spherical (in the granular composites). Numerous theoretical and experimental studies confirm this. Thus, in the explosive welding of metals (and nonmetals) there form wavy surfaces, the sections of which may be close to sinusoids, for example in the welding of niobium and copper [9]. If the densities of the materials differ significantly, then the sinusoidal nature of the interface distorts as illustrated in [12] for the example of the welding of lead and steel. In addition, in view of the nature of the technological processes [10] the interfaces may become curved in the layered composite materials and deviate locally or periodically from the ideal coordinate planes. Theoretical and experimental studies have shown that the shape of the interface has a significant influence on the physical and mechanical processes and phenomena (bond strength, stress concentration, wave diffraction, thermal conduction, and so on). Numerous publications that are cited in the survey works [1, 3, 11] confirm this. A second variant of the boundary shape perturbation method was developed in [4, 5] for the solution of the three-dimensional boundary-value problems for nonorthogonal surfaces that are close to the coordinate planes. It was assumed that the equations of the interfaces are linear relative to the small parameter characterizing the degree of deviation from the coordinate planes. This narrowed significantly the class of the examined boundary-value problems and their practical importance. In the present work we examine the three-dimensional boundary-value problems of the mechanics of layered bodies with interfaces that are described by nonlinear equations relative to a small parameter. We construct in general form the recurrence relations and the differential operators of the boundary conditions, making it possible to solve the three-dimensional boundary-value problems with the accuracy that is required for applications. We examine particular cases and present one of the possible criteria for evaluating the accuracy of the approximate solutions that are obtained with the aid of the described variant of the boundary shape perturbation method.S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 23–32, February, 1994.     

基于迟滞行为的2D-SiC/SiC复合材料组份力学性能分析

基于剪滞理论, 建立了单向纤维增强陶瓷基复合材料的加卸载理论模型, 分析了基体长碎块和短碎块对材料迟滞力学行为的不同影响. 通过拉伸循环加卸载试验, 获得了2D-SiC/SiC 复合材料的迟滞应力—应变行为.依据材料基体损伤特点, 将试验结果代入长碎块对应理论推导结果, 计算得到了4 个表征材料组份性能的参数:基体开裂应力为90 MPa, 热残余应力为19 MPa, 界面脱粘能为3.1 Jm2, 界面滑移力为74 MPa. 最后结合少量短碎块的存在对试验结果的影响, 定性分析了计算结果的偏差. 结果表明, 获得的材料组分性能参数具有较小的分散性, 并能够准确表征材料整体的力学行为.      

一种预测颗粒增强复合材料界面力学性能的新方法

界面在颗粒增强复合材料中起到传递载荷的关键作用, 界面性能对复合材料整体力学行为产生重要影响. 然而由于复合材料内部结构较为复杂, 颗粒与基体间的界面强度和界面断裂韧性难以确定, 尤其是法向与切向界面强度的分别预测缺乏有效方法. 本文以氧化锆颗粒增强聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)复合材料为研究对象, 提出一种预测颗粒增强复合材料界面力学性能的新方法. 首先, 实验获得纯PDMS基体材料及单颗粒填充PDMS试样的单轴拉伸应力$\!-\!$应变曲线, 标定出PDMS基体材料的单轴拉伸超弹性本构关系; 其次, 建立与单颗粒填充试样一致的有限元模型, 选择特定的黏结区模型描述界面力学行为, 通过样品不同阶段拉伸力学响应的实验与数值结果对比, 分别给出颗粒与基体界面的法向强度、切向强度及界面断裂韧性; 进一步应用标定的界面力学参数, 开展不同尺寸及不同数目颗粒填充试样的实验与数值结果比较, 验证界面性能预测结果的合理性. 本文提出的界面力学性能预测方法简便、易操作、精度高, 对定量预测颗粒增强复合材料的力学性能具有一定帮助, 亦对定量预测纤维增强复合材料的界面性能具有一定参考意义.      

三维编织复合材料模量的双尺度有限元计算

针对三维编织复合材料的力学性能进行了双尺度有限元(TSA)数值计算,给出了计算模型和算法过程,并将数值结果与文献中的实验数据进行了比较,验证了算法的物理准确性。编织复合材料的力学性能不仅依赖于材料的基本组份,也与细观构造相关。双尺度有限元计算可以数值模拟出三维编织复合材料的整体力学性能,从而为材料的研发提供指导。本文的双尺度有限元三维数值计算方法可以推广到其他增强／孔隙等多相复合材料的数值模拟。     

Effective mechanical properties of unidirectional composites in the presence of imperfect interface

In this paper, the equivalent inclusion method is implemented to estimate the effective mechanical properties of unidirectional composites in the presence of an imperfect interface. For this purpose, a representative volume element containing three constituents, a matrix, and interface layer, and a fiber component, is considered. A periodic eigenstrain defined in terms of Fourier series is then employed to homogenize non-dilute multi-phase composites. In order to take into account the interphase imperfection effects on mechanical properties of composites, a stiffness parameter in terms of a matrix and interphase elastic modulus is introduced. Consistency conditions are also modified accordingly in such a way that only the part of the fiber lateral stiffness is to be effective in estimating the equivalent composite mechanical properties. Employing the modified consistency equations together with the energy equivalence relation leads to a set of linear equations that are consequently used to estimate the average values of eigenstrain in non-homogeneous phases. It is shown that for composites with both soft and hard reinforcements, largest stiffness parameter that indicates complete fiber–matrix interfacial debonding causes the same equivalent lateral properties.     

Micro-mechanical behaviors of SMA composite materials under hygro-thermo-elastic strain fields

An analytical procedure to evaluate the behavior of shape memory alloy (SMA) composite under hygrothermal environment is presented. The SMA wires are considered as inclusions embedded in a homogeneous matrix medium of the composite. The inhomogeneity associated with the phase transformation and thermal strains in the SMA wire as well as the hygrothermal strain in the matrix is homogenized using Eshelby’s equivalent inclusion method. In the present work, a similar approach adopted for SMA composites by Marfia and Sacco [Marfia, S., Sacco, E., 2005. Micromechanics and homogenisation of SMA-wire-reinforced materials. J. Appl. Mech. 72 (2), 259–268.] is considered in order to validate the response of SMA composite subjected to thermo-elastic strain field. However, in the present approach, certain modifications and new derivations for the inelastic strain tensors is carried out. First, the constitutive laws for the SMA wire and matrix are expressed in terms of the average strain in the composite. The evolutionary equations used to characterize the pseudoelastic (PE) behavior of the SMA wire are redefined in terms of the eigen strains (phase transformation and thermal strains) occurring in the SMA wire, which are then expressed in terms of the average strain in the composite. Further, the SMA composite constitutive law under coupled hygro-thermo-elastic strain fields is proposed. The generic homogenized hygric and thermal inelastic composite tensors required for the proposed hygro-thermo-elastic constitutive law are derived. Finally, the SMA composite lamina is characterized using Eshelby’s equivalent inclusion method. Using the proposed modifications and derivations, the analytical results are validated for the case of thermo-elastic strain fields and the procedure is then extended to evaluate the SMA composite behavior under hygro-thermo-elastic strain fields. The results include the effect of thermo-elastic and hygro-thermo-elastic strains on the transformation stresses and the nature of hysteresis due to hygric and thermo-elastic strains.     

Experimental and analytical characterization of multidimensionally braided graphite/epoxy composites

This paper presents results of an investigation of a novel, through-the-thickness fiber-reinforced composite material. The generic name for this composite technology is multidimensional (X-D) braiding. X-D braided composites consist of a net-shaped, densely braided fiber skeleton which is rigidized with a structural epoxy-resin system. This material is an alternative to the conventional laminated composite and has the potential for being more resistant to delamination and matrix cracking. This paper describes results of the mechanical characterization of one graphite fiber system which was braided into panels in which two braid parameters could be investigated. The variables investigated included the effect of edge condition and braid pattern on the tensile, compressive and flexural properties of the braided panels. These properties were obtained in the braid direction only. The cutting of the specimen edges substantially reduced both tensile and flexural strengths and moduli. Of the three braid patterns investigated, 1×1, 3×1, and 1×1×1/2 F, the 3×1 braid pattern showed superior tensile performance, while the 1×1×1/2 F braid pattern exhibited superior flexural properties. The development of an analytical method for modeling the tensile performance of the multidimensionally (X-D) braided composite is also presented. The fiber geometry in X-D braids was modeled based on the braid parameters used in the construction of these composites. By the nature of the symmetry of the resulting braided structure, an analytical model based on classical lamination theory was used to determine the extensional stiffness in the three principal geometric directions of a braided composite. These analytical results are shown to compare favorably with those obtained experimentally. Finally, to further validate the ability of this material to contain damage, multidimensionally braided and conventionally laminated panels were impacted and the resulting damage was nondestructively determined. The multidimensionally braided material was shown to reduce the area of damage caused by impact by a factor of three for the energy levels tested.     

用广义胞元法研究弱界面复合材料偏轴拉伸强度

本文用广义胞元法结合应力集中系数模型，从细观、宏观力学结合的角度，预测了弱界面复合材料偏轴拉伸强度值．用广义胞元法/高精度广义胞元法计算复合材料开裂前和开裂后的应力场，引入基体应力集中系数以得到基体真实应力．在计算真实应力时根据宏观试验现象考量是否对界面开裂后的复合材料进行刚度衰减，最终形成4种方案计算出复合材料的偏轴拉伸强度．通过对比芳纶纤维和亚麻纤维两种弱界面复合材料的偏轴拉伸强度试验值，找到了最可靠的预报方案并具有良好的预报精度．     

基于显微CT图像的近场动力学建模与复合材料微结构破坏模拟

随着纤维增强复合材料应用领域的不断扩展且用量激增,亟需理清复合材料微观结构损伤对宏观力学性能影响的内在机制。因此,发展针对纤维增强复合材料微结构破坏过程的建模与高效模拟方法就显得十分重要。本文借助显微CT(Micro-computed Tomography)扫描技术,提出了一种基于显微CT图像中像素点离散的近场动力学建模与模拟方法。一方面,近场动力学作为一种由积分方程建模的非局部理论,便于采用基于空间点离散的数值计算方法,相比传统的连续介质力学能够更有效地模拟材料从连续变形到裂纹萌生与扩展(非连续变形)的全过程。另一方面,对显微CT图像使用像素点灰度阈值分割处理技术,能够快速建立含有复合材料原位微结构信息的空间点离散模型。该离散模型可以直接用于微结构破坏过程的近场动力学模拟,从而避免了传统的数值模拟技术需要依据像素点先建立光滑的几何模型、再划分成有限单元网格的复杂前处理过程,并且极大地保留了复合材料的原位组分分布信息。数值模拟结果表明,基于显微CT图像的近场动力学建模方法能够精确捕捉到复合材料微结构信息,并能准确模拟纤维增强复合材料的微结构破坏过程。     

Second-order estimate of the macroscopic behavior of periodic hyperelastic composites: theory and experimental validation

This paper deals with some theoretical and experimental aspects of the behavior of periodic hyperelastic composites. We focus here on composites consisting of an elastomeric matrix periodically reinforced by long fibers. The paper is composed of three parts. The first part deals with the theoretical aspects of compressible behavior. The second-order theory of Ponte Castañeda (J. Mech. Phys. Solids 44 (1996) 827) is considered and extended to periodic microstructures. Comparisons with results obtained by the finite element method show that the composite behavior predicted by the present model is much more accurate for compressible than for incompressible materials. The second part deals with the extension of the method to incompressible behavior. A mixed formulation (displacement-pressure) is used which improves the accuracy of the estimate given by the model. The third part presents experimental results. The composite tested is made of a rubber matrix reinforced by steel wires. Firstly, the matrix behavior is identified with a tensile test and a shear test carried out on homogeneous samples. Secondly, the composite is tested under shearing. The experimentally measured homogenized stress is then compared with the predictions of the model.     

SMA短纤维复合材料的热胀系数和相变应变系数

基于Eshelby的等效夹杂模型、Mori和Tanaka的场平均法,考虑到形状记忆合金（SMA）的强物理非线性,发展了增量型的等效夹杂模型（Incremental Equivalent Inclusion Model)。讨论了SMA短纤维增强的铝基复合材料的热胀系数和相变应变系数。特别研究了SMA短纤维复合材料纤维几何尺寸和体积分数等参数对SMA复合材料的热胀系数和相变应变系数的影响。这些工作对于指导材料设计和了解SMA复合材料热机械特性是非常有意义的。     

Estimation of very narrow bounds to the behavior of nonlinear incompressible elastic composites

Variational bounds for the effective behavior of nonlinear composites are improved by incorporating more-detailed morphological information. Such bounds, which are obtained from the generalized Hashin–Shtrikman variational principles, make use of a reference material with the same microstructure as the nonlinear composite. The geometrical information is contained in the effective properties of the reference material, which are explicitly present in the analytical formulae of the nonlinear bounds. In this paper, the variational approach is combined with estimates for the effective properties of the reference composite via the asymptotic homogenization method (AHM), and applied to a hexagonally periodic fiber-reinforced incompressible nonlinear elastic composite, significantly improving some recent results.