High-Performance Composite Materials for Vehicle Construction:An Elastoplastic Analysis of Crack Propagation in a Unidirectional Composite,

摘要

A method was developed for predicting the strength of a unidirectional composite material in terms of its micromechanical response to an applied stress. It includes elastoplastic material behavior,local failure that initiates a crack,and propagation of the crack to cause total failure of the composite.