A 3D micromechanical energy-based creep failure criterion for high-temperature polymer–matrix composites
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Abstract
In the present study, a generalized three-dimensional (3D) energy-based criterion for the creep failure of viscoelastic materials is developed. Unlike the existing approaches which are restricted to uniaxial loading, the proposed criterion can predict failure under any combination of loads. This criterion is then incorporated into a simplified unit cell micromechanical model to predict the time-delayed failure of unidirectional polymer–matrix composites at elevated temperatures. The composite material used in this study is T300/934 which is suitable for service at high temperatures in aerospace applications. The use of micromechanics can give a more accurate insight into the failure mechanisms of the composite materials, in particular at high temperatures, where the general behavior of the polymer–matrix composite is governed by matrix viscoelasticity and matrix time-dependent failure due to creep is a localized phenomenon. The micromechanical model is also used to estimate the ultimate strength of the constituents from the knowledge of the allowable strengths of the unidirectional composite in the principal material directions. The obtained creep failure stresses are found to be in reasonable agreement with the experimental data particularly for the 90° unidirectional laminate, where failure is totally matrix dominated.
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