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A Numerical Simulation of Time-Dependent Interface Failure Under Shear and Compressive Loads in Single-Fiber Composites

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We performed a numerical simulation of a time-dependent interfacial failure accompanied by a fiber failure, and examined their evolution under shear and compressive loads in single-fiber composites. The compressive load on the interface consists of Poisson’s contraction for matrix resin subjected to longitudinal tensile load. As time progresses, compressive stress at the interface in the fiber radial direction relaxes under the constant longitudinal tensile strain condition for the specimen, directly causing the relaxation of the interface frictional stress. This relaxation facilitates the failure of the interface. In this analysis, a specific criterion for interface failure is applied; apparent interfacial shear strength is enhanced by compressive stress, which is referred as quasi-parabolic criterion in the present study. The results of the stress recovery profile around the fiber failure and the interfacial debonding length as a function of time simulated by the finite element analysis employing the criterion are very similar to experimental results obtained using micro-Raman spectroscopy.

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This work was supported in part by The Kurata Memorial Hitachi Science and Technology Foundation and by a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan.

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  1. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8510, Japan

    Jun Koyanagi

  2. Institute of Space Technology and Aeronautics, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 6-13-1 Ohosawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-0015, Japan

    Akinori Yoshimura & Yuichiro Aoki

  3. Department of Applied Mechanics and Aerospace Science, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan

    Hiroyuki Kawada

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Koyanagi, J., Yoshimura, A., Kawada, H. et al. A Numerical Simulation of Time-Dependent Interface Failure Under Shear and Compressive Loads in Single-Fiber Composites. Appl Compos Mater 17, 31–41 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-009-9118-2

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