考虑损伤界面的多相复合材料总体平均力学性能的预测

在广义自洽有限元迭代法￣［１］的基础上研究了损伤界面对多相复合材料的总体平均横向力学性能的影响。给出了对于不同体分比和损伤界面性质的典型复合材料的数值结果。数值分析表明损伤界面的厚度及其损伤程度对复合材料总体平均横向平面应变体积模量和剪切模量有显著影响。本文还计算了损伤界面区域的局部应力场。     

Equivalent inhomogeneity method for evaluating the effective elastic properties of unidirectional multi-phase composites with surface/interface effects

A new technique is presented for evaluating the effective properties of linearly elastic, multi-phase unidirectional composites. Various effects on the fiber/matrix interfaces (perfect bond, homogeneously imperfect interfaces, uniform interphase layers) are allowed. The analysis of nano-composite materials based on the Gurtin and Murdoch model of material surface is also included. The basic idea of the approach is to construct a circular inhomogeneity in an infinite plane whose effects on the displacements and stresses at distant points are the same as those of a finite cluster of inhomogeneities (fibers of circular cross-section) arranged in a pattern representative of the composite material in question. The elastic properties of the equivalent inhomogeneity then define the effective elastic properties of the material. The volume ratio of the composite material is found after the size of the equivalent circular inhomogeneity is defined in the course of the solution procedure. This procedure is based on a semi-analytical solution of a problem of an infinite plane containing a cluster of non-overlapping circular inhomogeneities subjected to loading at infinity. The method works equally well for periodic and random composites and – importantly – eliminates the necessity for averaging either stresses or strains. New results for nano-composite materials are presented.     

Thin interphase/imperfect interface in elasticity with application to coated fiber composites

The imperfect interface conditions which are equivalent to the effect of a thin elastic interphase are derived by a Taylor expansion method in terms of interface displacement and traction jumps. Plane and cylindrical interfaces are analyzed as special cases. The effective elastic moduli of a unidirectional coated fiber composite are obtained on the basis of the derived imperfect interface conditions. High accuracy of the method is demonstrated by comparison of solutions of several problems in terms of the imperfect interface conditions or explicit presence of interphase as a third phase. The problems considered are transverse shear of a coated infinite fiber in infinite matrix and effective transverse bulk and shear moduli and effective axial shear modulus of a coated fiber composite. Unlike previous elastic imperfect interface conditions in the literature, the present ones are valid for the entire range of interphase stiffness, from very small to very large.     

Effective magnetoelastic properties of laminated composites

Effective physical parameters of a fine-layered medium whose layers exhibit linearized magnetostriction as ferrites are determined. Ferromagnetic materials of cubic system with ferromagnetic resonance are considered __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 8, pp. 36–43, August 2006.     

Shakedown of unidirectional composites

The shakedown problem for a composite lamina made of an elastic-plastic matrix and elastic cylindrical fibers is studied. The plastic deformation modes of the lamina are reviewed, and it is concluded that significant shakedown effects can be caused only by the I₁ = 1/2(T₁₁ + T₂₂) and I₂ = T₃₃ components of the remotely applied stress field which are symmetric about the axis x₃ of the fiber; T₁₁ and T₂₂ are the normal composite stresses in the transverse plane. It is shown that the I₁I₂ stress system is needed also to represent thermal loads caused by a uniform change of temperature in the composite.Two methods for evaluation of shakedown limits in the I₁I₂-plane are described. First, the classical approach involving the determination of parametric families of self-stress fields and the solution of mathematical programming problems is used. Results are presented for selected B-Al, Be-Al, B-Ti and B-Mg composites.In the second method, the shakedown problem is related to the recently developed kinematic hardening rules for fibrous composites. It is shown that the composite will shake down for any loading program within a prescribed domain in the I₁I₂-plane, providing that the domain can be contained within a translated initial yield surface. This approach leads to a closed-form evaluation of shakedown limits for any arbitrary combination of mechanical and thermal variable cyclic loads in fibrous composites with temperaturedependent matrix yield strengths.The relationship between shakedown and fatigue in metal matrix composites is discussed.     

Effective elastic moduli of triply periodic particulate matrix composites with imperfect unit cells

In many problems the material may possess a periodic microstructure formed by the spatial repetition of small microstructures, or unit cells. Such a perfectly regular distribution, of course, does not exist in actual cases, although the periodic modeling can be quite useful, since it provides rigorous estimations with a priori prescribed accuracy for various material properties. Triply periodic particulate matrix composites with imperfect unit cells are analyzed in this paper. The multiparticle effective field method (MEFM) is used for the analysis of the perfect and imperfect periodic structure composites. The MEFM is originally based on the homogeneity hypothesis (H1) (see for details [Buryachenko, V.A., 2001. Multiparticle effective field and related methods in micromechanics of composite materials. Appl. Mech. Rev. 54, 1–47]) of effective field acting on the inclusions. In this way the pair interaction of different inclusions is taken directly into account by the use of analytical approximate solution. For perfect periodic structures the hypothesis (H1) is enough for estimation of effective properties. Imperfection of packing necessitates exploring some additional assumption called a closing hypothesis. The next imperfections are analyzed. (A) The probability of location of an inclusion in the center of a unit cell below one (missing inclusion). (B) Some hard inclusions are randomly replaced by the porous (modeling the complete debonding) with some probability. At first, one obtains general explicit integral representations of the effective elastic moduli and strain concentrator factors depending on three numerical solutions: for the perfect periodic structure, for the infinite periodic structure with one imperfection, and for the infinite periodic structure with two arbitrary located imperfections. The method proposed is general; it is not limited by concrete numerical scheme. No restrictions were assumed on both the concrete microstructure and inhomogeneity of stress fields in the inclusions. The inclusions of one kind are assumed to be aligned. The problem (A) is solved at the level of numerical results obtained in the framework of the hypothesis (H1). For the problem (B) the numerical results are obtained if the elastic inclusions (for example hard inclusions) are randomly replaced by another inclusion (for example by the voids modeling the complete debonding). The mentioned problems are solved by three methods. The first one is a Monte Carlo simulation exploring an analytical approximate solution for the binary interacting inclusions obtained in the framework of the hypothesis (H1). The second one is a generalization of the version of the MEFM proposed for the analysis of the perfect periodic particulate composites and based on the choice of a comparison medium coinciding with the matrix. The third method uses a decomposition of the desired solution on the solution for the perfect periodic structure and on the perturbation produced by the imperfections in the perfect periodic structure. All three methods lead to close results in the considered examples; however, the CPU times expended for the solution estimation by Monte Carlo simulation differ by a factor of 1000.     

Solids containing spherical nano-inclusions with interface stresses: Effective properties and thermal–mechanical connections

This work examines the overall thermoelastic behavior of solids containing spherical inclusions with surface effects. Elastic response is evaluated as a superposition of separate solutions for isotropic and deviatoric overall loads. Using a variational approach, we construct the Euler–Lagrange equation together with the natural transition (jump) conditions at the interface. The overall bulk modulus is derived in a simple form, based on the construction of neutral composite sphere. The transverse shear modulus estimate is derived using the generalized self-consistent method. Further, we show that there exists an exact connection between effective thermal expansion and bulk modulus. This connection is valid not only for a composite sphere, but also for a matrix-based composite reinforced by many randomly distributed spheres of the same size, and can be viewed as an analog of Levin’s formula for composites with surface effects.     

Effective elastic properties of one-dimensional hexagonal quasicrystal composites

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics - The explicit expression of Eshelby tensors for one-dimensional (1D) hexagonal quasicrystal composites is presented by using Green’s function method. The...     

Effective dynamic properties and transverse waves in disperse composites

Transverse waves in a dispersive composite formed by a viscoelastic matrix and rigid inclusions are considered. They are described in the long-wave approximation on the basis of complex dynamic properties of the composite, i.e., the dynamic density and shear-rotational elasticity, which takes into account the interaction between the matrix and the rigid inclusions in their translational, deformation, and rotational vibrations. The dependencies describing the effective dynamic properties of the composite and determining the resonance dispersion of transverse waves are obtained.     

An elastoplastic damage model for metal matrix composites considering progressive imperfect interface under transverse loading

An elastoplastic damage model considering progressive imperfect interface is proposed to predict the effective elastoplastic behavior and multi-level damage progression in fiber-reinforced metal matrix composites (FRMMCs) under transverse loading. The modified Eshelby’s tensor for a cylindrical inclusion with slightly weakened interface is adopted to model fibers having mild or severe imperfect interfaces [Lee, H.K., Pyo, S.H., 2009. A 3D-damage model for fiber-reinforced brittle composites with microcracks and imperfect interfaces. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000039]. An elastoplastic model is derived micromechanically on the basis of the ensemble-volume averaging procedure and the first-order effects of eigenstrains. A multi-level damage model [Lee, H.K., Pyo, S.H., 2008a. Multi-level modeling of effective elastic behavior and progressive weakened interface in particulate composites. Compos. Sci. Technol. 68, 387–397] in accordance with the Weibull’s probabilistic function is then incorporated into the elastoplastic multi-level damage model to describe the sequential, progressive imperfect interface in the composites. Numerical examples corresponding to uniaxial and biaxial transverse tensile loadings are solved to illustrate the potential of the proposed micromechanical framework. A series of parametric analysis are carried out to investigate the influence of model parameters on the progression of imperfect interface in the composites. Furthermore, a comparison between the present prediction and experimental data in the literature is made to assess the capability of the proposed micromechanical framework.     

Fundamental solutions of the theory of unidirectional composites

Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, No. 3, pp. 120–127, May–June, 1992.     

Strength probability of unidirectional hybrid composites

A probability strength analysis of an unidirectional three-component hybrid composite (HC) is carried out for the cases of high modulus (HM) fibres and low modulus (LM) elastic fibers regularly embedded in a low elastic modulus matrix. Both single layer intraply and multilayer HC are considered. The fiber strength is assumed to be a random variable with a Weibull distribution. Breaking of the HM fibers are accumulated initially while probability of LM fiber failure is low. Failure modes tend to be covered by the two extreme cases of alternative failure of HM and LM fibers only. These modes can be categorized by using graph technique. Developed are the algorithm for finding the most probable pattern of fiber breaking and method for estimating the strength and fiber damage of a HC. The stress level at which the LM fibers are found to break represents a lower bound of the HC strength. Damage of HM fibers in a three-component HC is much higher than in a two-component HM fibre composite. Negative ‘hybrid effect’ for strength is obtained.     

Effective thermoelastic properties of composites with periodicity in cylindrical coordinates

The aim of this work is to study composites that present cylindrical periodicity in the microstructure. The effective thermomechanical properties of these composites are identified using a modified version of the asymptotic expansion homogenization method, which accounts for unit cells with shell shape. The microscale response is also shown. Several numerical examples demonstrate the use of the proposed approach, which is validated by other micromechanics methods.     

Influences of imperfect interfaces on effective properties of multiferroic composites with coated inclusion

In order to predict the effective properties of multiferroic composite materials, the effective material constants of multiferroic composites with the coated inclusion and imperfect interface are investigated. Based on the generalized self-consistent theory, the closed-form solutions of the effective material constants are derived. For the composites with piezomagnetic inclusion, piezoelectric coating and polymer matrix, numerical calculations are performed to present the influences of the imperfect interface cooperating with the coating on the effective material constants. From the results, it can be observed that the effective constants can be enhanced by the coating but reduced by the imperfect interface. Moreover, the coating has the shielding effects on the imperfect interface for the composite structures with its higher filling ratio.     

Influence of imperfect elastic contact condition on the antiplane effective properties of piezoelectric fibrous composites

A fiber-reinforced periodic piezoelectric composite, where the constituents exhibit transverse isotropic properties, is considered. The fiber cross-section is circular and the periodicity is the same in two orthogonal directions. Imperfect mechanic contact conditions at the interphase between the matrix and fibers are represented in parametric form. In order to analyze the influence of the imperfect interface effect over the behavior of the composite, the effective axial piezoelectric moduli are obtained by means of the Asymptotic Homogenization Method. Some numerical examples are given.