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Crack-bridging Processes and Fracture Resistance of a Discontinuous Fiber-reinforced Brittle Matrix Composite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Takashi Akatsu ,
Yasuhiro Tanabe  and
Eiichi Yasuda
Takashi Akatsu
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226, Japan
Yasuhiro Tanabe
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226, Japan
Eiichi Yasuda
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226, Japan
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Abstract

A simple bridging model is proposed for the toughening of a discontinuous fiber-reinforced brittle matrix composite, in which the frictional bridging of fibers during, as well as after, the interfacial debonding is considered. The R-curve behavior and the work-of-fracture of the composite can be theoretically predicted by the computation of the bridging model applying material parameters, such as fiber volume fraction, size and shape of fibers, fiber tensile strength, elastic moduli of fibers and matrix, fracture toughness and work-of-fracture of matrix, and frictional shear stress at interface. The experimental result obtained from a SiC-whisker-reinforced Al2O3 composite confirms the theoretical predictions of the present bridging model. Through the model calculation, the R-curve, crack profile, and bridging stresses of the composite can be estimated correspondingly to the bridging processes.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , April 1999 , pp. 1316 - 1324
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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