Micromechanics of damage in random composites

Martin Ostoja Starzewski, A. Al-Ostaz, Iwona M Jasiuk, K. Alzebdeh

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Abstract

We study mechanical breakdown, due to spatially evolving microcracking, in two-dimensional composite materials with randomly distributed inclusions or holes. While both the matrix and the inclusion phases are described by two elastic-brittle stress-strain laws, the immediate questions are: 'what are the effective response laws of the composite, and the damage patterns, as a function of the stiffness ratios and strength ratios of both phases as well as of their volume fractions?' Our answers are based on experiments and computer simulations of spring networks and/or finite elements.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProbabilistic Mechanics and Structural and Geotechnical Reliability, Proceedings of the Specialty Conference
PublisherASCE
Pages362-363
Number of pages2
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1996 7th Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability - Worcester, MA, USA
Duration: Aug 7 1996Aug 9 1996

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1996 7th Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability
CityWorcester, MA, USA
Period8/7/968/9/96

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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