复合材料的裂纹动力学问题的模型

复合材料产生裂纹后，其纤维处形成“桥连”，这是一个不可避免的现象。由于桥连问题很复杂，在数学方法的处理上有很大困难，至今人们研究的大多是桥连的静力学问题，而对其动力学问题研究得很少。只有建立复合材料的桥连动力学模型，才能更好地研究复合材料的断裂动力学问题。为了便于分析复合材料的问题，将桥连处用载荷代替，当裂纹高速扩展时，其纤维也连续地断裂。通过复变函数论的方法，将所讨论的问题转化为Riemann-Hilbet问题。利用建立的动态模型和自相似方法，得到了正交异性体中扩展裂纹受运动的集中力Px/t及均布载荷作用下位移、应力和动态应力强度因子的解析解，并通过迭加原理，最终求得了该模型的解。     

正交异性复合材料界面上反平面动态自相似扩展裂纹问题的解

采用复变函数论的方法，对复合材料界面上的裂纹扩展问题进行研究。并根据任意的自相似指数的断裂动力学问题，进行自相似求解，导出解析解的一般表示。应用该法可以迅速地将所论问题转化为Riemann-Hil-bert问题，并可以相当简单地得到问题的闭合解。文中分别对裂纹中心受阶跃载荷，裂纹面受到瞬时脉冲载荷作用下的界面裂纹扩展问题进行求解。得到了裂纹的位移。尖端的应力和动态应力强度因子的解析解。应用该解并通过叠加原理。就可以很容易的求得任意复杂问题的解。     

复合材料桥纤维拔出的动态裂纹模型

在无限大正交各向异性体弹性平面上对复合材料桥纤维平行自由表面的内部中央裂纹提出了桥纤维拔出的动态裂纹模型。通过复变函数将其转化为Reimann-Hilbert混合边界值问题。求得了裂纹在坐标原点受载荷Px/t、Px2/t作用的解析解。利用这一解析解可通过迭加原理求得任意复杂问题的解。     

动态扩展裂纹的若干反平面问题的研究

采用复变函数论，对反平面条件下的动态裂纹扩展问题进行研究。通过自相似函数的方法可以获得解析解的一般表达式。应用该法可以很容易地将所讨论的问题转化为Riemann—Hilbert问题，并可以相当简单地得到问题的闭合解。文中分别对裂纹面受均布载荷、坐标原点受集中增加载荷、坐标原点受瞬时冲击载荷以及裂纹面受运动集中载荷Px／t作用下的动态裂纹扩展问题进行求解，得到了裂纹扩展位移、裂纹尖端的应力和动态应力强度因子的解析解。应用该解并通过叠加原理，就可以求得任意复杂问题的解。     

界面超高速自相似动态分层分析：反平面情况

对材料界面超高速自相似动态分层的反平面问题进行了解析分析。分层模拟为界面裂纹由零长度自相似扩展，扩展速度为蹭音速或超音速。首先考虑运动集中载荷作用下界面动态分层的情况，利用界面裂纹自相似扩展的运动位错模型将问题归结为奇异积分方程，并求得解析解，分析了裂纹尖端的应力奇性，获得了动应力强度因子。最后，利用叠加原理给出了ｘ＾ｎ型载荷作用下界面动态分层的解。     

含共线双半无限裂纹的正交异性复合材料板平面弹性问题的解析解

运用广义复变函数方法,通过构造适当的广义保角映射研究了含有共线双半无限裂纹的正交异性复合材料板的平面弹性问题,得出了部分裂纹面上受均匀面内载荷时应力场与两裂纹尖端处应力强度因子的解析解。结果表明:应力场的大小不仅与材料的几何构型及外载荷有关,还与材料的弹性常数有关,这是正交异性复合材料不同于各向同性材料的显著特征;两裂纹尖端处应力强度因子的大小只与材料的几何构型及外载荷有关;当两裂纹尖端的距离趋于无穷大时,所得到的解析解可退化为已有的正交异性复合材料板中半无限裂纹问题的解,通过将其与已有文献中的结果进行对比,验证了本文解析解的正确性。并通过数值算例分析了裂纹面上的受载长度、两裂纹尖端的距离对应力强度因子的影响规律以及两裂纹之间的相互作用。     

动态裂纹扩展中的分形效应

假设裂纹顶端沿着分形轨迹运动，建立了裂纹扩展的分形弯折（ｋｉｎｋｉｎｇ）模型来描述裂纹的动态扩展。根据这个模型，我们推导了分形裂纹扩展对劝态应力强度和裂纹速度的影响．动态应力强度因子与表观应力强度因子之比Ｋ（ｌ（ｔ），Ｖ）／Ｋ（Ｌ（ｔ），Ｏ）是表观裂纹速度Ｖ＿Ｏ，材料微结构参数（ｄ／Δａ），分维Ｄ和裂纹扩展路径的弯折角θ的函数。本文研究结果表明：在分形裂纹扩展中，表观（或量测）的裂纹速度Ｖ＿Ｏ很难接近Ｒａｙｌｅｉｇｈ波速Ｃ＿ｒ．动态断裂实验中Ｖ＿Ｏ明显低于Ｃ＿ｒ的原因可能是分形裂纹扩展效应所致。材料的微结构，裂纹扩展路径的分维和弯折角均很强地影响动态应力强度因子和裂纹扩展速度。     

蠕变材料Ⅰ型动态扩展裂纹尖端场

为了研究黏性效应作用下的动态扩展裂纹尖端渐近场，建立了蠕变材料Ⅰ型动态扩展裂纹的 力学模型.首先，依据在稳态蠕变阶段，弹性变形和黏性变形同时在裂纹尖端场中占主导地 位，由量级协调可知，应力和应变具有相同的奇异量级，即(σ,ε)∝/ r- 1/(n-1). 其次，通过渐近分析推导出动态扩展裂纹尖端场的控制方程并求得了裂纹尖端应 力、应变和位移分离变量形式的渐近解.最后，采用双参数打靶法求得了裂纹尖端应力、应 变的数值结果.数值计算表明，裂尖场主要受材料的蠕变指数n和马赫数M的控制；在Ⅰ 型动态扩展裂纹前方，环向应变达到最大值，可据此建立断裂准则. 由于裂纹稳定扩展与非稳定扩展的主奇异项相同，因此对于稳定扩展裂纹的渐近分析方 法，同样适用于非稳定的裂纹扩展问题.     

共晶基陶瓷复合材料的断裂韧性

应用细观力学方法研究了由具有随机尺寸和方位的棒体共晶体构成的共晶基陶瓷复合材料的断裂韧性.首先根据棒状共晶体的细观结构特性,考虑共晶体边界处的微观滑移确定共晶陶瓷复合材料的开裂应力,当外载荷达到开裂应力时,裂纹开始扩展.然后分析裂纹表面处的棒状共晶体桥联力使裂纹产生闭合效应,减小裂纹尖端的应力集中,建立棒状共晶体桥联增韧机制;再依据棒状共晶体拔出过程中摩擦力做功,建立棒状共晶体拔出增韧机制.最后在棒状共晶体的桥联与拔出增韧机制的基础上,得到了共晶基陶瓷复合材料断裂韧性的理论表达式.结果表明共晶基陶瓷复合材料的断裂韧性与棒状共晶体的长径比密切相关.     

复合材料的Ⅲ型动态断裂力学分析

本文综合利用 Laplace 变换和 Fourier 变换,从理论上分析了含有贯穿裂纹的层合复合材料在动载荷作用下裂纹尖端的Ⅲ型动态应力强度因子.并以冲击载荷为算例,考查了外层的厚度、拉、剪模量的变化对裂纹尖端应力强度因子的影响,为改善复合材料的断裂动力学性能提供了参考依据.     

Asymmetrical dynamic fracture model of bridging fiber pull-out of unidirectional composite materials

An elastic analysis of an internal crack with bridging fibers parallel to the free surface in an infinite orthotropic anisotropic elastic plane is studied, and asymmetrical dynamic fracture model of bridging fiber pull-out of unidirectional composite materials is presented for analyzing the distributions of stress and displacement with the internal asymmetrical crack under the loading conditions of an applied non-homogenous stress and the traction forces on crack faces yielded by the bridging fiber pull-out model. Thus the fiber failure is ascertained by maximum tensile stress, the fiber ruptures and hence the crack propagation should also appear in the modality of self-similarity. The formulation involves the development of a Riemann-Hilbert problem. Analytical solution of an asymmetrical propagation crack of unidirectional composite materials under the conditions of two increasing loads given is obtained, respectively. In terms of correlative material properties, the variable rule of dynamic stress intensity factor was depicted very well. After those analytical solutions were utilized by superposition theorem, the solutions of arbitrary complex problems could be gained.     

An asymmetrical dynamic model for bridging fiber pull-out of unidirectional composite materials

An elastic analysis of an internal crack with bridging fibers parallel to the free surface in an infinite orthotropic elastic plane is studied. An asymmetrical dynamic model for bridging fiber pull-out of unidirectional composite materials is presented for analyzing the distributions of stress and displacement with the internal asymmetrical crack under the loading conditions of an applied non-homogenous stress and the traction forces on crack faces yielded by the bridging fiber pull-out model. Thus the fiber failure is determined by maximum tensile stress, resulting in fiber rupture and hence the crack propagation would occur in a self-similarity manner. The formulation involves the development of a Riemann-Hilbert problem. Analytical solution of an asymmetrical propagation crack of unidirectional composite materials under the conditions of two moving loads given is obtained, respectively. After those analytical solutions were utilized by superposition theorem, the solutions of arbitrary complex problems could be obtained.     

DYNAMIC CRACK MODELS ON PROBLEM OF BRIDGING FIBER PULL-OUT OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

An elastic analysis of an internal central crack with bridging fibers parallel to the free surface in an infinite orthotropic anisotropic elastic plane was performed. A dynamic model of bridging fiber pull-out of composite materials was presented. Resultingly the fiber failure is governed by maximum tensile stress, the fiber breaks and hence the crack extension should occur in self-similar fashion. By the methods of complex functions, the problem studied can be transformed into the dynamic model to the Reimann-Hilbert mixed boundary value problem, and a straightforward and easy analytical solution is presented. Analytical study on the crack propagation subjected to a ladder load and an instantaneous pulse loading is obtained respectively for orthotropic anisotropic body. By utilizing the solution, the concrete solutions of this model are attained by ways of superposition.     

A dynamic model of bridging fiber pull-out of composite materials

An elastic analysis of an internal central crack with bridging fibers parallel to the free surface in an infinite orthotropic anisotropic elastic plane is carried out. In this paper a dynamic model of bridging fiber pull-out is presented for analyzing the distributions stress and displacement of composite materials with the internal central crack under the loading conditions of an applied non-uniform stress and the traction forces on crack faces yielded by the fiber pull-out model. Thus the fiber failure is determined by maximum tensile stress, the fiber breaks and hence the crack propagation should occur in self-similar fashion. By reducing the dynamic model to the Keldysh–Sedov mixed boundary value problem, a straightforward and easy analytical solution can be attained. When the crack extends, its fibers continue to break. Analytical study on the crack extension under the action of an inhomogeneous point force Px/t, Pt is obtained for orthotropic anisotropic body, respectively; and it can be utilized to attain the concrete solutions of the model by the ways of superposition.     

Residual strength of a fiber reinforced metal matrix composite with a crack

The residual strength of a cracked unidirectional fiver reinforced metal matrix composite is studied. We propose a bridging model based on the Dugdale strip yielding zones in the matrix ahead of the crack tips that accounts for ductile deformations of the matrix and fiber debonding and pull-out in the strip yielding zone. The bridging model is used to study the fracture of an anisotropic material and its residual strength is calculated numerically. The predicted results for a SiC/titanium composite agree well with the existing experimental data. It is found that a higher fiber bridging stress and a larger fiber pull-out length significantly contribute to the composite's residual strength. The composite's strength may be more notch-insensitive than the corresponding matrix material's strength depending on several factors such as fiber-matrix interface properties and the ratio of the matrix modulus to an ‘effective modulus’ of the composite.     

An elastic–plastic crack bridging model for brittle-matrix fibrous composite beams under cyclic loading

A fibrous composite beam with an edge crack is submitted to a cyclic bending moment and the crack bridging actions due to the fibers. Assuming a general elastic-linearly hardening crack bridging model for the fibers and a linear-elastic law for the matrix, the statically indeterminate bridging actions are obtained from compatibility conditions. The elastic and plastic shake-down phenomena are examined in terms of generalised cross-sectional quantities and, by employing a fatigue crack growth law, the mechanical behaviour up to failure is captured. Within the framework of the proposed fracture mechanics-based model, the cyclic crack bridging due to debonding at fiber–matrix interface of short fibers is analysed in depth. By means of some simplifying assumptions, such a phenomenon can be described by a linear isotropic tensile softening/compressive hardening law. Finally, numerical examples are presented for fibrous composite beams with randomly distributed short fibers.     

Debonding and fiber pull-out in reinforced composites

In order to evaluate the strength of fiber-reinforced composites, there is first the need to investigate the interfacial debonding and the pull-out of fibers in a fractured composite with intact fibers. This type of problem in crack bridging has been investigated by several authors based on different models and assumptions [1–7]. In this study, we will consider a three-dimensional model of a single fiber of finite length bonded by a finite cylindrical matrix with an initial crack existing in a portion of the interface. In the model, one end of the cylinder is so constrained that the axial component of displacement vanishes. A tensile stress is applied to the fiber at the other end. The aim is to determine the pull-out of the fiber and the critical condition for interfacial debonding. Both the fiber and the matrix are treated as elastic materials. Analysis is made based on a method using Papkovich-Neuber displacement potential functions for the problem of an elastic solid subjected to axisymmetrical boundary conditions. Solutions are found by means of the technique of trigonometrical series. Effects of initial misfit strains and frictional sliding between the fiber and the matrix over the interfacial crack are also included in the study.     

In-plane fracture of laminated fiber reinforced composites with varying fracture resistance: Experimental observations and numerical crack propagation simulations

A series of experimental results on the in-plane fracture of a fiber reinforced laminated composite panel is analyzed using the variational multiscale cohesive method (VMCM). The VMCM results demonstrate the influence of specimen geometry and load distribution on the propagation of large scale bridging cracks in the fiber reinforced panel. Experimentally observed variation in fracture resistance is substantiated numerically by comparing the experimental and VMCM load–displacement responses of geometrically scaled single edge-notch three point bend (SETB) specimens. The results elucidate the size dependence of the traction-separation relationship for this class of materials even in moderately large specimens, contrary to the conventional understanding of it being a material property. The existence of a “free bridging zone” (different from the conventional “full bridging zone”) is recognized, and its influence on the evolving fracture resistance is discussed. The numerical simulations and ensuing bridging zone evolution analysis demonstrates the versatility of VMCM in objectively simulating progressive crack propagation, compared against conventional numerical schemes like traditional cohesive zone modeling, which require a priori knowledge of the crack path.