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Fracture Mechanics and Toughening Mechanisms

This document discusses fracture mechanics and toughening mechanisms in composites. It presents a figure showing failure modes in a reinforced brittle matrix composite, including tensile and flexural cracking. The text then introduces different toughening mechanisms that can operate in composites to increase toughness, such as crack deflection at fibers, fiber/matrix debonding, and crack bridging by fibers, with multiple mechanisms often working together.

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Fracture Mechanics and Toughening Mechanisms

This document discusses fracture mechanics and toughening mechanisms in composites. It presents a figure showing failure modes in a reinforced brittle matrix composite, including tensile and flexural cracking. The text then introduces different toughening mechanisms that can operate in composites to increase toughness, such as crack deflection at fibers, fiber/matrix debonding, and crack bridging by fibers, with multiple mechanisms often working together.

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FRACTURE MECHANICS AND TOUGHENING MECHANISMS

Fibres

Matrix
(mode I) cracks

Initial

Delamination
(mixed mode) a
crack
(a)
Tens le

P1
2

Delamination
(mixed mode) crack

(b) Flexural damage

Figure 11.14 Schematic diagram of possible failure modes in a high toughness


uniaxially reinforced brittle matrix composite during: (a) tensile; (b) flexural testing.
(Source: Evans and Marshall, 1990.)

11.8 TOUGHENING MECHANISMS


11.8.1 Introduction
In this section we will discuss the toughening mechanisms which may be
operative in a composite. It must be emphasized that in a given com-
posite more than one mechanism is likely to be operating although one
mechanism may dominate. As will be seen in the following sections the

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