Publication detail

Determination of the Effect of Interphase on Fracture Toughness and the Stiffness of a Polymer Particulate Composite

MAJER, Z. HUTAŘ, P. NÁHLÍK, J.

English title

Determination of the Effect of Interphase on Fracture Toughness and the Stiffness of a Polymer Particulate Composite

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Language

en

Original abstract

The main objective of this paper is the numerical investigation of fracture behavior in polymer particulate composites. In this paper the composite was modeled as a three-phase continuum – the matrix, particles and interphase. Mechanical response was analyzed, as well as the interaction of micro-crack propagation in the matrix filled by rigid particles covered by the interphase. Computations were done for a variety of material properties of the matrix and the interphase using the finite element commercial code ANSYS. It was concluded that specific configurations of the interphase properties can lead to a better understanding of the connection between stiffness and fracture toughness. Linear elastic fracture mechanics was used for the calculations.

Keywords in English

particle composite, interphase, fracture mechanism, debonding, elastic properties

Released

2013-11-04

Publisher

Springer

ISSN

0191-5665

Journal

Mechanics of composite materials

Volume

49

Number

5

Pages from–to

1–12

Pages count

12

BIBTEX


@article{BUT101385,
  author="Zdeněk {Majer} and Pavel {Hutař} and Jiří {Náhlík}",
  title="Determination of the Effect of Interphase on Fracture Toughness and the Stiffness of a Polymer Particulate Composite",
  journal="Mechanics of composite materials",
  year="2013",
  volume="49",
  number="5",
  pages="1--12",
  issn="0191-5665"
}