Calculation and Experimental Study of a Two-Way Reinforced Rubber-Cord Composite in Tension

A rubber-cord composite, reinforced in two directions with fibers of polyamide cord, under large tensile deformations is investigated based on calculations of a rubber-cord composite material and on tensile tests of specimens made of the casing of a diagonal truck tire. A method of the experimental tensile testing of rubber-cord composite specimens is described. The calculations are based on the carcass theory of composite materials. The calculated and experimental parameters of the macroscopic strains of the rubber tire cord and of its structure in a deformed configuration are given. The manifestation of edge effects in relation to the reinforcement angle is described.     

Method of primers in calculating the probability of destruction of a unidirectional composite material in tension

A method of primers is elaborated which allows one to calculate the distribution function of durability of a composite material in tension in the reinforcement direction. Integral and differential equations for calculating the probabilities of formation of primers and destruction of a material caused by their formation are presented. Distribution functions of material strength for the parameter of Weibull distribution of fiber strength on the interval 2.1 ≤ β _f ≤ 50.1 are calculated. From the functions, the average values and root-mean-square deviations of material strength are found. The results obtained agree well with calculations by using the structural-imitation simulation. The distribution functions of material strength with a high precision are approximated by the three-parameter Weibull distributions. The distribution parameters are approximated by the linear functions of ln (β_f). __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 823–838, November–December, 2007.     

Analysis of Elastomeric Composites Based on Fiber Systems. 4. 3D Composites

The elastic properties of 3D elastomeric composite materials under large deformations are considered. The investigation is based on the structural macroscopic theory of stiff and soft composites. The results of micro- and macromechanical analyses of composite materials with compressible and poorly compressible matrices are presented. The character of interaction between the fibers of various reinforcing systems in these matrices is revealed. The deformation characteristics of the composites in tension and shear are presented as functions of their orientation and loading parameters. The evolution of the configuration of a composite material with a compressible matrix during loading is traced.