Modeling of effective properties of composites with interfacial microcracks using PHA model

by

M. Sejnoha and M. Srinivas

Abstract

Effective thermoelastic properties of unidirectional brittle matrix composites containing interfacial cracks and cavities are found in terms of phase thermoelastic moduli and certain thermal and mechanical concentration factors. An inverse approach is implemented to derive required results for the state of damage associated with current debonding angle $\phi^{*}$. An nalysis employes the finite element method for a representative volume element of the periodic geometry to carry out the numerical calculations.
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