Evaluation of the interfacial sliding stress of ceramic matrix composites under tensile loading

摘要

The fundamental strain mechanisms of Cermaic Matrix Composites are the matrix microcracking that induces a loss of stiffness and the fiber-matrix debonding that leads to interfacial frictional sliding [1]. The interfacial sliding stress is thus a key parameter in the global behavior. The use of an experimental device coupling an ultrasonic immersion tank to a tensile machine and an extensometer allows to detect the anisotropy of the damage mechanisms of a material as well as to perform a strain partition under load becasuse it makes it possible to identify the elastic tensor variation. The inelastic strain identified this way comes from the transverse cracks opening due to both the fiber/matrix elasticity mismatch and relative sliding at the interface. It is then possible to assess the value of the interfacial sliding stress with a micromechanical model derived from the analytical expressions of the elastic properties of a fibrous composite containing cracks and a sherar-lag analysis. This can be done because the experimental variation of the compliances given access to the constituative law of the transverse crack densities and allows to estimate the debonding length.