Short-term microdamage of laminated material with nonlinear matrix and microdamaged reinforcement

A structural theory of short-term microdamage is proposed for a two-component laminated composite with microdamageable reinforcement and physically nonlinear matrix. The basis of the theory is the stochastic elasticity equations of a laminated composite with a porous reinforcement. Microvolumes in the reinforcement material meet the Huber-Mises failure criterion. The damaged-microvolume balance equation for the reinforcement is derived. This equation and the equations relating macrostresses and macrostrains of a laminated composite with porous reinforcement and physically nonlinear matrix constitute a closed-form system of equations. This system describes the coupled processes of physically nonlinear deformation and microdamage occurring in different composite components. Algorithms for computing the microdamage-macrostrain relationships and deformation diagrams are developed. Uniaxial tension curves are plotted for a laminated composite with linearly hardening matrix __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 3–12, December 2005.