A new micromechanical elasto-plastic constitutive model for fiber-reinforced composite laminates

H. S. Zhang, Y. X. Zhang

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Abstract

A micromechanical elastic-plastic bridging constitutive model is developed in this paper for accurate representation of material behavior of fiber-reinforced composite laminates. In the bridging constitutive model, elastic behavior is represented by bridging matrix elements and interaction between the average stresses in matrix with those in fibers are included. A transient plastic bridging matrix is developed to describe accurately the elastic-plastic material properties of the fiber reinforced composites, and the effects of the material parameters of matrix and fiber on the bridging matrix elements have been accounted for. The proposed constitutive model is validated against experiment investigation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPRICM7
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages2459-2462
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0878492550, 9780878492558
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event7th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, PRICM-7 - Cairns, QLD, Australia
Duration: 2 Aug 20106 Aug 2010

Publication series

NameMaterials Science Forum
Volume654-656
ISSN (Print)0255-5476
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9752

Conference

Conference7th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, PRICM-7
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityCairns, QLD
Period2/08/106/08/10

Keywords

  • Elastic-plastic bridging constitutive model
  • Fiber-reinforced composite laminates
  • Material nonlinearity
  • Micromechanical model

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