Authors: Tanaka, Mototsugu¹; Kawaguchi, Touru²; Hojo, Masaki²; Ochiai, Shojiro³; Nakanishi, Yoichiro⁴

Source: Composite Interfaces, Volume 15, Number 1, 2008 , pp. 75-94(20)

Publisher: VSP, an imprint of Brill

Abstract:

Interfacial debonding behavior is studied for unidirectional fiber reinforced composites from both experimental and analytical viewpoints. A new type of two-dimensional unidirectional model composite is prepared using 10 boron fibers and transparent epoxy resin with two levels of interfacial strength. In situ observation of the internal mesoscopic fracture process is carried out using the single edge notched specimen under static loading. The matrix crack propagation, the interfacial debonding growth and the interaction between them are directly observed in detail. As a result, the interfacial debonding is clearly accelerated in specimens with weakly bonded fibers in comparison with those with strongly bonded fibers. Secondary, three-dimensional finite element analysis is carried out in order to reproduce the interfacial debonding behavior. The experimentally observed relation between the mesoscopic fracture process and the applied load is given as the boundary condition. We successfully evaluate the mode II interfacial debonding toughness and the effect of interfacial frictional shear stress on the apparent mode II energy release rate separately by employing the present model composite in combination with the finite element analysis. The true mode II interfacial debonding toughness for weaker interface is about 0.4 times as high as that for a stronger interface. The effect of the interfacial frictional shear stress on the apparent mode II energy release rate for the weak interface is about 0.07 times as high as that for the strong interface. The interfacial frictional shear stress and the coefficient of friction for weak interface are calculated as 0.25 and 0.4 times as high as those for strong interface, respectively.

Keywords: TWO-DIMENSIONAL UNIDIRECTIONAL MODEL COMPOSITE; IN SITU OBSERVATION; INTERFACIAL DEBONDING TOUGHNESS; INTERFACIAL FRICTIONAL SHEAR STRESS; MATRIX CRACK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156855408783431282

Affiliations: 1: Department of Aeronautics, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Nonoichi 921-8501, Japan;, Email: mototsugu@neptune.kanazawa-it.ac.jp 2: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan 3: International Innovation Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan 4: Lab M and M, Ikeda, 563-0026 Japan

Publication date: 2008-01-01

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