Stochastic aspects of crack deflection and crack path prediction in short fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites

DOI10.1016/J.EUROMECHSOL.2022.104598MaRDI QIDQ2671676zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 3 June 2022

Published in European Journal of Mechanics. A. Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.06748

zbMATH Keywords

anisotropic fracture toughnessanisotropy ratiocrack deflectionfinite element methodGaussian random field modelstochastic fiber orientation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anisotropy in solid mechanics (74E10) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Fracture and damage (74R99) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Stochastic and other probabilistic methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S60)

Abstract: Owing to the production process, short fiber reinforced composites exhibit a pronounced anisotropy of both elastic properties and crack growth resistance. In particular the latter issue has a major impact on crack deflection and inevitably has to be taken into account for the sake of an accurate prediction of crack paths. The perpendicular axes of transverse isotropy are associated with the fiber orientations, whereupon a crack in transverse direction encounters the largest fracture toughness. While the local mean fiber orientations in polymer matrix composites are determined by the injection molding process, their statistical fluctuations can approximately be described in terms of Gaussian random field models. Furthermore, statistical variations of the volume fraction of fibers and the fiber-matrix adhesion give rise to stochasticity of the local ratio of fracture toughness anisotropy. Influencing factors of prediction regions of crack paths obtained from finite element simulations with an adapted J-integral deflection criterion are investigated, just as stochastic aspects of bifurcation phenomena of crack deflection observed under mode-I loading.

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