Micromechanical simulation of the failure of fiber-reinforced composites

DOI10.1016/S0022-5096(99)00051-4zbMath0990.74058OpenAlexW2004980097MaRDI QIDQ1573247

Irene J. Beyerlein, Chad M. Landis, Robert M. Mcmeeking

Publication date: 22 August 2002

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5096(99)00051-4

zbMATH Keywords

fracture mechanismMonte Carlo simulationsquare arraystress concentrationsinfluence superposition techniquetensile strengthsthree-dimensional shear lag modelunidirectionally reinforced fiber compositesWeibull fiber statistics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Micromechanics of solids (74M25) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Fracture and damage (74R99)

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