Publication detail

Analysis of the transition from crack bridging to crack trapping in brittle matrix composites toughened by ductile phase

KOTOUL, M. VYSLOUŽIL, T. VRBKA, J.

Czech title

Analýza přechodu od mechanismu zhouževnatění souvisejícím s přemostěním trhliny k mechanismu zachycení čela trhliny v křehkých kompozitech s tvárnými částicemi

English title

Analysis of the transition from crack bridging to crack trapping in brittle matrix composites toughened by ductile phase

Type

journal article - other

Language

en

Original abstract

The aim of the work is to investigate theoretically the transition between two basic mechanisms of toughening of brittle solids through the inclusion of ductile phase. The first mechanism of thoughening is accomplished extrinsically, i.e. through the development of crack-tip shielding from crack deflection and/or crack bridging by intact ductile particles in the crack wake. The stress-crack opening displacement relationship relies upon the constant volume plastic flow of the particles according to the model used in previous works. According to the second mechanism the crack is arrested at the ductile phase such that it must renucleate on the other side. The resultant crack trapping acts to toughen the material intrinsically.

Czech abstract

The aim of the work is to investigate theoretically the transition between two basic mechanisms of toughening of brittle solids through the inclusion of ductile phase. The first mechanism of thoughening is accomplished extrinsically, i.e. through the development of crack-tip shielding from crack deflection and/or crack bridging by intact ductile particles in the crack wake. The stress-crack opening displacement relationship relies upon the constant volume plastic flow of the particles according to the model used in previous works. According to the second mechanism the crack is arrested at the ductile phase such that it must renucleate on the other side. The resultant crack trapping acts to toughen the material intrinsically.

English abstract

The aim of the work is to investigate theoretically the transition between two basic mechanisms of toughening of brittle solids through the inclusion of ductile phase. The first mechanism of thoughening is accomplished extrinsically, i.e. through the development of crack-tip shielding from crack deflection and/or crack bridging by intact ductile particles in the crack wake. The stress-crack opening displacement relationship relies upon the constant volume plastic flow of the particles according to the model used in previous works. According to the second mechanism the crack is arrested at the ductile phase such that it must renucleate on the other side. The resultant crack trapping acts to toughen the material intrinsically.

Keywords in Czech

brittle matrix composites, crack bridging, crack trapping, toughening, ductile particles

Keywords in English

brittle matrix composites, crack bridging, crack trapping, toughening, ductile particles

RIV year

2003

Released

01.01.2003

ISSN

1802-1484

Journal

Engineering Mechanics

Volume

10

Number

3

Pages count

20

BIBTEX


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  author="Michal {Kotoul} and Tomáš {Vysloužil} and Jan {Vrbka},
  title="Analysis of the transition from crack bridging to crack trapping in brittle matrix composites toughened by ductile phase",
  journal="Engineering Mechanics",
  year="2003",
  volume="10",
  number="3",
  month="January",
  issn="1802-1484"
}