Transformation field analysis of interfacial decohesion

by

M. Sejnoha

Abstract

A simple straight-forward procedure is outlined to study the effect of fiber-matrix decohesion on redistribution of average stress and strain fields in two-phase composite medium. In the present theory a general idea of transforming the nonuniform change in local fields into equivalent eigenstrains is implemented within the framework of Dvorak's Transformation Field Analysis. This approach proves to be advantageous, particularly in extension to modeling of decohesion processes into laminates.
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