Abstract
This study focuses on development of a method for predicting effective elastic properties of damaged particulate polymer composites. Two damage parameters were introduced and defined by volume fraction of both the void-damage and the debonding-damage. The former parameter was determined by 3-dimensional strain measurement of damaged composite samples, while the latter were estimated from a typical experimental data of the repeatedly load-unload tensile tests. Based on M-T micro-mechanics theory, the equations for estimation of the effective elastic properties of the damaged particulate composites in response to the longitudinal true uni-axial strain were formulated. The effects of two damage mechanisms and glass-bead contents on the effective elastic properties of glass bead filled polyphenylene oxide (GB/PPO) composites were investigated by this approach. The predicted results for the effective elastic modulus were close to the experimental data.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1397-1406 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Composites Science and Technology |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 10-11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2002 |
Keywords
- A. Particle-reinforced composites
- B. Debonding
- B. Modelling
- C. Damage mechanics
- C. Elastic properties
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ceramics and Composites
- General Engineering